Uber’s leadership casts the layoffs as a necessary simplification after years of expansion, while the scale of the cuts underscores how sharply employees will bear the cost of a leaner, more centralized company.

Uber said Wednesday it will eliminate roughly 3,300 jobs — about 10% of its global workforce — in a restructuring designed to remove management layers, consolidate teams and reduce costs. The company had about 34,000 employees at the end of 2025, according to its annual filing.¹

Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi told staff that Uber’s growth had also created “more layers, more coordination, more fragmented ownership,” leaving structures that no longer worked at the company’s current scale.² His remedy is a broad flattening: Uber will cut teams with only one or two direct reports by about half, reduce staff seven or more layers below the CEO by 20%, and shrink its manager population by about a fifth.¹

The reorganization also brings together engineering, science and delivery functions, while merging delivery operations spanning restaurants, retail and direct services.² Employees face a tighter geographic footprint as well: Uber is concentrating staff in hubs including New York and San Francisco, with fewer than 1% allowed to remain remote.¹

Khosrowshahi’s argument is that fewer layers will produce “clearer ownership, faster decisions and more time spent building rather than coordinating.”³ He said the resulting savings would be reinvested in growth and innovation.³

That investment case includes ridesharing, delivery and robotaxis, with Uber previously outlining plans to commit more than $10 billion to autonomous vehicles in coming years.¹ The company has not attributed the cuts to artificial intelligence, distinguishing its overhaul from the recent AI-linked wave of technology layoffs.¹ Investors initially welcomed the move, sending Uber shares nearly 2% higher in morning trading.¹