Uber Technologies Inc. is cutting 3,300 jobs—representing 10% of its global workforce—in a major restructuring announced by CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. The cuts aim to eliminate organizational bloat, reduce management layers by 20%, and redirect capital toward core ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi initiatives.
Corporate Restructuring and Job Cuts Across Global Operations
Uber Technologies is eliminating approximately 3,300 positions globally, bringing its total employee count to just under 30,000. The reduction matches the company’s staffing levels seen in 2021 and follows more targeted personnel adjustments made across customer service and human resources departments earlier in June 2026, according to corporate reporting. The job cuts are taking place across the US and other countries where the company operates.
Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi detailed the reorganization in an email obtained by Bloomberg News. In the message, Khosrowshahi explained that rapid expansion over the previous five years generated structural inefficiencies.
more layers, more coordination, more fragmented ownership, and in some cases structures that made sense when businesses were smaller but no longer serve us well at our current scale.
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO
Unlike major technology firms that have regularly paired staff reductions with aggressive artificial intelligence spending, Uber largely avoided large-scale layoffs following the Covid-19 pandemic until announcing this shift. The company said in May that it would moderate the pace of hiring. Everyone whose role has been affected has already been notified, except in countries where the company will follow the required local process.
Khosrowshahi’s companywide email in full: Team, Today, we’re making a number of significant organizational changes across Uber. We are removing layers, simplifying team structures, refining our global location strategy, and focusing our people and investments against the biggest opportunities ahead of us. As a result, we will be reducing the size of our team by about 10%. Everyone whose role has been affected has already been notified, except in countries where we will follow the required local process. This wasn’t a decision we made lightly, because it will have a real impact on our teammates and friends who have worked hard for Uber. It’s important to say that these changes are about how we’re organized and what we’re prioritizing, not about anyone’s contributions to Uber, which we always value. I’m sure you’re asking, ‘Why, and why now?’—particularly since our business is performing so well. Over the last 5+ years, Uber has grown by orders of magnitude, with our top line nearly tripling. We’ve built new products, expanded into new businesses, reached more consumers and supported more earners, and become a much larger and stronger company.
Slimming Management Layers and Streamlining Teams
A core element of the reorganization targets managerial complexity. The cuts will reduce the number of managers at the company by 20%, with some being moved to the role of an individual contributor, an Uber spokesperson said. The company did not disclose what percentage of managers would be laid off. The cuts will also affect non-managerial employees.
To make Uber simpler and faster, the company is reducing nearly half the number of teams that have only one or two members and cutting back on employees who sit more than seven layers below the CEO, Khosrowshahi said. The company is also streamlining its core engineering, science and delivery groups, including combining its three operations teams for restaurants, retail and its white-label delivery service, to protect profit margins and simplify operational focus.
Khosrowshahi stated that the structural adjustments are designed to create financial headroom.
generate savings that we intend to reinvest in growth, innovation, and the capabilities that will matter most over the coming years.
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO
Capital Reallocation Toward Autonomous Vehicle Partnerships
He said more investments will be made into drivers, couriers and merchants around the world, along with upgrades to its core business and work to build an autonomous future. The savings secured through the workforce reduction are earmarked for core business enhancements and autonomous vehicle technology. The move comes as Uber has vowed to commit more than $10 billion to robotaxi partnerships in the coming years as it seeks to transform its service into a go-to platform for hailing autonomous vehicles.
The company has also reallocated capital in other ways over the past year, including by reducing its stakes in some companies and investing in Avride Inc., Lucid Group Inc., Nuro Inc. and Rivian Automotive Inc. These investments support broader urban mobility objectives, though market observers note that autonomous vehicle development remains capital-intensive.
Financial analysts are monitoring Uber’s long-term debt load, which carries a long-term debt load of approximately $12.7 billion. While refinancing risks are viewed as manageable, high debt levels mean the company has less room for error as competition within the robotaxi sector intensifies. The next important update for shareholders will be the company’s ability to protect its profit margins while executing this transition in the upcoming quarterly reports.
Strict Return-to-Office Mandate and Market Reaction
As part of an ongoing push to have more employees work in person at key office locations, Uber is also mandating that only about 1% of employees can work remotely going forward. This strict return-to-office policy reinforces physical co-location to support the new operational framework.
Equity markets responded positively to the announcement, with shares of Uber erasing earlier losses to rise as much as 1.7% in premarket trading following the announcement, and overall shares rising approximately 2% as investors reacted to the new efficiency strategy and cost discipline.
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