Uber lays off 3,300 employees in largest cuts since the pandemic

What the report says

Uber has laid off 3,300 employees, about 10% of its workforce, in what Al Jazeera says is the company’s biggest round of cuts since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The move was disclosed in a memo from CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Wednesday, according to the report.

Khosrowshahi said the layoffs were meant to reduce layers of management and simplify team structures. He said the company wants to move faster, spend less time coordinating, and focus more on building toward an autonomous future while also investing in drivers, couriers and merchants. The company is also cutting the number of small “micro-teams” in half and pushing most employees back to the office, with only about 1% expected to remain remote, the article said.

The job cuts come after earlier workforce reductions at Uber, including a slowdown in hiring and a separate reduction in customer service roles. Al Jazeera also linked the decision to Uber’s broader push into robotaxis and artificial intelligence, an area where the company is investing heavily even as it faces competition from Waymo and Tesla.

The report noted that the layoffs come despite continued revenue growth, but Uber’s stock has been under pressure this year. More broadly, the article placed the move within a wider wave of tech industry layoffs in 2026.