Uber to lay off 200 employees in recruitment division to streamline costs

Uber Technologies is laying off 200 employees in its recruitment division, planning to keep the staff count flat throughout the year in a measure to ‘streamline costs.’

This job cut comprises less than 1% of companies’ global 32,700-strong workforce. Earlier this year, the company also laid off 150 employees from the freight service division.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the latest job cuts account for 35% of Uber’s recruiting team. Since the pandemic, the ride-sharing company has reduced 17% of its workforce, and in 2020, it laid off around 6700 employees in two rounds of job cuts.