Uber Cuts 23% of People Division Jobs as New President Simplifies Structure
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 3
Uber Cuts 23% of People Division Jobs as New President Simplifies Structure
1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 3
Summary
Uber said it is eliminating 23% of roles in its People and Places division, a unit covering human resources, recruitment, workplace facilities and culture.
The reduction is part of newly promoted President Jill Hazelbaker’s push to simplify the company’s team structure, with many of the affected positions described as senior roles.
Less than 1% of Uber’s 34,000 global employees will be affected, the company said, limiting the impact to a small slice of its corporate workforce.
Uber’s roughly 10 million drivers are mostly classified as independent contractors, leaving the cuts concentrated in internal staff rather than its driver base.