After already announcing the elimination of 3,700 jobs in early May, Uber announced Monday that it would lay off 3,000 additional workers. These new layoffs are spread across most of the group's divisions and across all regions of the world. They do not concern drivers, who are not considered by Uber to be employees.
Despite health security measures imposed to reassure users, such as the obligation to wear a mask in the vehicle, Uber is hit hard by the travel and confinement restrictions taken by various governments to stem the Covid-19 pandemic . The group saw the number of passenger transports drop by 80% in April.
Reduction of offers
"Given the dramatic impact of the pandemic and the unpredictable nature of any possible recovery, we are focusing our efforts on our main mobility and delivery platforms, and are resizing our business to match the realities of our business" , commented the director general of the company Dara Khosrowshahi in a message transmitted to AFP.
The group will therefore close around forty offices around the world, out of several hundred in total, and will focus on its core business: passenger transport and food delivery with Uber Eats. The company will notably reduce the size of its laboratory dedicated to artificial intelligence and its project incubator. She is also studying “strategic alternatives” for Uber Works, the service which aimed to connect companies and workers.
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