Uber’s latest global restructuring has reached its Indian workforce, with an estimated 200 to 250 employees expected to be affected as the mobility company eliminates approximately 3,300 positions worldwide. The global reduction represents about 10% of Uber’s workforce and is its largest broad headcount action since the pandemic-era retrenchment of 2020.
Uber has confirmed that employees in India are included in the programme but has not disclosed an official country-level number. Initial notifications affected personnel in the People and Earners organisations, including engineers working on internal recruitment systems and teams responsible for the onboarding, payments and operational lifecycle of drivers and couriers. The final India total was still being determined as notifications continued.
Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi described the overhaul as an effort to make Uber simpler and faster while creating capacity for investment in its principal growth areas. The company is removing organisational layers, consolidating engineering, science and delivery functions, and bringing delivery operations across restaurants, retail and direct channels into a more unified structure. Its management population is expected to decline by about 20%, while some managers will move into individual-contributor positions. Uber is also reducing the number of very small teams and concentrating employees in fewer operating hubs.
The restructuring includes tighter limits on remote employment, with fully remote roles expected to account for less than 1% of the workforce. Uber has said the organisational changes are intended to address fragmented ownership and coordination structures that accumulated as the company expanded into additional products and markets.
In India, Uber said its commitment to the market remains unchanged. The company is strengthening regional operations that support its mobility business across Asia-Pacific, placing the Indian workforce within both the local operating structure and the broader technology and support network serving multiple markets.
The reductions are taking place while Uber is reporting profitable growth rather than responding to a contraction in demand. During the second quarter of 2026, trips increased 18% year on year to 3.9 billion, gross bookings reached $58 billion and revenue rose 12% to $14.2 billion. GAAP operating income increased 30% to $1.9 billion, while adjusted EBITDA rose 33% to $2.8 billion. Trailing 12-month free cash flow exceeded $10 billion for the first time.
Capital and staffing are being redirected toward ride-hailing, delivery and autonomous mobility. Uber expects to commit more than $10 billion over several years to autonomous-vehicle equity investments, infrastructure and vehicle-purchase arrangements. The company’s restructuring therefore combines hierarchy reduction with continued investment in robotaxi commercialisation, marketplace technology and its core mobility network.
