Uber Applied sciences mentioned on Wednesday it was chopping 200 jobs in its recruitment division amid plans to maintain the employees depend flat by the yr and streamline prices. Additionally Learn – Uber now allows you to e book flight tickets from its app, however not everybody can use it
The reductions have an effect on lower than 1 p.c of Uber’s 32,700-strong international workforce and observe the ride-share firm shedding 150 workers in its freight companies division earlier this yr. The newest cuts account for 35 p.c of Uber’s recruiting workforce, in accordance with the Wall Road Journal, which first reported the event earlier within the day. There isn’t any info on whether or not or not this layoff impacts Uber workers in India. Additionally Learn – Uber expands its Reserve service to 6 extra cities: Easy methods to use it
Uber trimmed its employees depend by 17 p.c in the beginning of the pandemic in mid-2020 and has applied smaller cuts than chief rival Lyft in latest months. Lyft, beneath new CEO David Risher, laid off roughly 26 p.c of its whole workforce in April and about 700 workers late final yr, because it struggled to guard margins within the race to seize extra market share from greater rival Uber. Additionally Learn – Uber accused of elevating cab fares when buyer telephone battery is low
Uber mentioned in Might it was on observe to put up working earnings profitability this yr and that it was maintaining its workforce flat after headcount fell sequentially within the March quarter.
In the meantime, Uber has launched some new options for riders in India. It just lately launched an Audio Seatbelt Reminder performance to encourage riders to lock their seatbelts earlier than the journey begins. Uber defined that when a rider books a visit and enters the car, the motive force’s telephone will ship an audio immediate urging the passenger to “please use rear seat belts on your security.” On the identical time, the rider will get a notification on their telephone from the Uber app, asking them to do the identical earlier than the journey begins.
“We’re delighted to deliver the Audio Seatbelt Reminder to Hyderabad. We imagine that this new function might be an efficient method to encourage riders to put on their seat belts, and we’re excited to see the optimistic influence it can have on highway security in Hyderabad,” Sooraj Nair, Head of Security Operations, Uber India and South Asia, mentioned in a press release.
— Written with inputs from Reuters
