Of those laid off, more than 85% are based in the U.S., 10% in the Asia-Pacific and 5% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to the source.
The layoffs came after Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi asked every member of his executive leadership team if they were to start from scratch, would their respective organizations would look like the way they do today.
W t F! I've started working at Uber 2 months ago, still on a learning curve. Any chance they will let me go because I am making over 300k a year? Is my salary normal at Uber for other engineers? I don't want to be standing out in a bad way.
They are having a conference call now to discuss, agenda includes how the severance package is going to be structured. It’s going to happen. Need plan to save millions. Share holders upset on bleeding, party over folks. Stay tuned.
no. but there is a hiring freeze.