Transportation network company Uber Technologies has reportedly cut 200 employees from its recruiting team due to cost savings.
In a memo sent to the personnel of the company, it was stated that the dismissal of 200 personnel would provide cost savings under difficult economic conditions.
The layoffs, which will affect 35 percent of Uber’s hiring team, represent less than 1 percent of its total employees, the company said, noting that the company laid off hundreds more this year, largely in its shipping unit and overseas food delivery operations.
In the news, it was stated that the company has more than 32 thousand employees worldwide, and that Uber drivers are not included in the number of employees.
In the news, which included the statements of one of the company’s top managers, Nikki Krishnamurthy, in the note sent to the employees, it was stated that Krishnamurthy said that Uber is not planning a general layoff, and that the latest layoffs will mostly affect US-based positions.
Lyft also announced layoffs
Lyft, one of Uber’s ridesharing rivals, also announced in the past months that it will lay off 30 percent of its employees.
Grubhub, which provides services to users and restaurants in the field of online food ordering and delivery in the USA, announced in the beginning of June that it had decided to lay off approximately 15 percent of its employees in order to reduce its costs.
Leading companies in the technology sector, such as Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, also cut their employee numbers in the USA.