Uber zwolni około 3,300 osób w ramach szeroko zakrojonej restrukturyzacji
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- •Uber eliminuje około 3,300 stanowisk, co stanowi mniej więcej 10% załogi.
- •Prezes Dara Khosrowshahi powiedział, że restrukturyzacja ma uprościć spółkę, przyspieszyć decyzje i stworzyć przestrzeń do przyszłych inwestycji.
- •Uber podał, że zmniejszył liczbę pracowników znajdujących się siedem lub więcej warstw zarządzania poniżej prezesa o 20% oraz ograniczył liczbę mikrozespołów o niemal 50%.
- •Spółka planuje skoncentrować zespoły w mniejszej liczbie kluczowych hubów, w tym w Nowym Jorku i San Francisco, oraz oczekuje, że tylko około 1% pracowników pozostanie na pracy zdalnej.
- •Uber nadal będzie wymagać pracy z biura przez trzy dni w tygodniu.
Uber zwalnia około 10% swojej załogi, czyli około 3,300 pracowników, w ramach szerszych działań na rzecz usprawnienia operacji, poinformowała spółka w środę.
W notatce do pracowników prezes Dara Khosrowshahi powiedział, że Uber usuwa kolejne warstwy zarządzania, upraszcza zespoły i doprecyzowuje, gdzie te zespoły są zlokalizowane.
"The changes we’re making today are designed to do two things: make Uber simpler and faster, and create more capacity to invest in our future," Khosrowshahi said.
"A leaner organization will mean clearer ownership, faster decisions, and more time spent building rather than coordinating," he said. "It will also generate savings that we intend to reinvest in growth, innovation, and the capabilities that will matter most over the coming years."
Khosrowshahi said Uber’s revenue has nearly tripled over the last roughly five years, but that growth has also brought "more complexity."
"That growth has also brought complexity: more layers, more coordination, more fragmented ownership, and in some cases structures that made sense when businesses were smaller but no longer serve us well at our current scale," he said.
The move comes as large technology companies continue to focus on leaner operating structures after rapid expansion in recent years, with management layers and team fragmentation often becoming targets in reorganizations. For Uber, the changes are aimed at reducing internal complexity as the company scales across ride-hailing, delivery and other businesses.
As part of the restructuring, Uber said it has reduced the number of employees sitting seven or more layers below the CEO by 20% and has cut the number of "micro-teams" — those with only one to two direct reports — by nearly 50%.
"The outcome is a simpler org chart geared toward building versus managing," Khosrowshahi said.
The company is also combining some teams where "fragmentation was creating duplication and slowing decisions," according to Khosrowshahi.
Uber said it will concentrate teams in a smaller number of key hubs, including New York and San Francisco. The company is asking the majority of its remote workers to relocate to an office and said that, going forward, only about 1% of employees will be remote.
Uber will continue requiring employees to work from an office three days per week, according to Khosrowshahi.
"I realize this is a lot of change, but we decided it was better to make one big shift rather than multiple small ones," Khosrowshahi said. "We also know organizational changes can be hugely distracting, and our job is to create an environment that allows you to focus and do your best work. With these decisions now made, our focus is on the future."
