Uber trims 3,300 jobs and limits remote work to 1% of staff

Uber disclosed a workforce reduction of approximately 3,300 positions, bringing its headcount to just under 30,000 employees. Simultaneously, the company announced a reversal of its remote-work policy, limiting fully remote roles to roughly 1% of staff worldwide and requiring the remainder to work from assigned office locations. A three-day-a-week hybrid model will remain in place, but attendance will be tracked against specific buildings.

Uber detailed how teams will be grouped: global units to New York and San Francisco, regional groups to regional hubs, local teams to country hubs, and engineers to tech hubs. Managers will be placed alongside their teams, and early-career employees are singled out for on-site work. The layoffs are part of a broader effort to flatten the organization, cutting layers below the CEO and consolidating several delivery and engineering teams.