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Uber to Cut About 3,300 Jobs as It Flattens Management and Funds Robotaxis

September 2, 2026 at 08:42 EDT

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Uber Technologies is eliminating about 3,300 jobs, or roughly 10% of its global workforce, in a companywide restructuring that Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said will flatten management, speed decisions, and free spending for ride-hailing, delivery, and robotaxis.

September 2, 2026 · Uber

10% of staff, one big shift

Uber is cutting about 3,300 jobs to flatten management, end most remote work, and recycle savings into rides, delivery, and robotaxis.

3,300

Jobs eliminated worldwide

10%

Share of global staff

20%

Cut in manager ranks

~1%

Staff remaining fully remote

How deep the cuts run

Same unit, drawn to scale: headline staff cut versus deeper reductions in managers and micro-teams.

10%

All staff

20%

Managers

~50%

Micro-teams

Takeaway: Manager and one- to two-person team cuts run far deeper than the 10% headline.

Where the savings are meant to go

Cut layers and coordination roles

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Merge delivery and tech teams

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Concentrate staff in office hubs

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Reinvest in rides, delivery, robotaxis

Uber has pledged more than $10 billion to robotaxi partnerships and says remaining staff should spend less time aligning and more time building.

Investor read

Shares rose about 2% in premarket trading. A leaner org chart and a larger autonomy bet were treated as tighter cost control, not a demand slump.

Workforce cost

About 3,300 people are leaving while the CEO says the business is performing well. Most remote roles end; only about 1% of staff stay fully remote.

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