Uber to lay off 200 employees in recruitment division

Uber Technologies mentioned on Wednesday it was slicing 200 jobs in its recruitment division amid plans to maintain the employees rely flat by means of the 12 months and streamline prices.

The reductions have an effect on lower than 1% of Uber’s 32,700-strong world workforce and observe the ride-share firm shedding 150 workers in its freight companies division earlier this 12 months.

The newest cuts account for 35% of Uber’s recruiting group, in keeping with the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the event earlier within the day.

Uber trimmed its employees rely by 17% at first of the pandemic in mid-2020 and has carried out smaller cuts than chief rival Lyft in current months.

Lyft, below new CEO David Risher, laid off roughly 26% of its complete workforce in April and about 700 workers late final 12 months, because it struggled to guard margins within the race to seize extra market share from larger rival Uber.

Uber mentioned in May it was on observe to publish working revenue profitability this 12 months and that it was protecting its workforce flat after headcount fell sequentially within the March quarter.

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