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May 07, 2020 It is a painful moment that requires radical changes for the Californian ex-startups born and flourished on the idea of sharing goods and services.Uber, the first platform for transportation via app, born in San Francisco in 2008 and present almost all over the world, announced on Wednesday that it will cut 3,700 full-time jobs, about 14% of the company's workforce, while i 'drivers', who are not considered Uber employees, have been left unsupported since the start of the pandemic.
Lyft, Uber's biggest rival, also announced last month that it would fire 982 people, or 17% of the employees. It is not the only serious blow to the 'sharing economy' that many analysts consider over, at least in the pre-coronavirus mode: the Airbnb housing sharing service has already cut a quarter of its workforce, about 1,900 people, and predicts that its revenues will drop sharply this year with possible repercussions on employment.
The pandemic made the social distancing necessary and companies whose business models were based on sharing personal space must completely rethink their strategy if they want to survive, analysts in the sector observe. The overall picture is heavy: American companies cut 20.2 million jobs in April, an unprecedented fact since the Great Depression.