Uber Technologies Inc. plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce, or roughly 3,300 jobs, in its largest round of layoffs since the Covid-19 pandemic. Egypt isn’t among the markets affected, a person familiar with the company’s public-policy operations in the country told Al Manassa.
The restructuring will flatten management layers, simplify team structures and consolidate some units as Uber shifts resources toward growth areas including autonomous-vehicle technology, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a note to employees Wednesday.
The company hasn’t disclosed how the cuts will be allocated across countries and markets.
Uber employed about 34,000 people worldwide as of Dec. 31, 2025, according to its annual 10-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Affected employees have already been notified, except in countries where Uber must first follow local procedures, Khosrowshahi said.
The reductions apply to Uber employees and exclude drivers and delivery partners, who are contractors rather than staff, said the person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
Egypt isn’t covered by the global plan, the source said. Any job cuts involving employees subject to Egyptian labor law would require Uber to follow procedures set out in Labor Law No. 14 of 2025, particularly where dismissals are linked to economic necessity or a reduction in the size or activity of an operation.
Article 236 allows an employer to close all or part of an establishment, or reduce its size or activity, temporarily or permanently, for economic reasons that affect employment levels, provided it complies with the conditions and procedures set by law.
Under Article 237, an employer seeking to close an establishment or reduce its size or activity must submit an application to a designated committee. The application must set out the reasons for the action, the legal basis and procedures being relied on, and the number and categories of workers affected.
The rules do not prevent Uber from reducing staff in Egypt, the source said. They establish the legal framework the company would need to follow should it decide to do so.
Uber’s last major layoffs came during the pandemic. In May 2020, the company cut about 40% of staff at its Egypt offices — then estimated at 650 to 700 employees — alongside a global reduction of about 3,700 jobs, or 17% of its workforce, as trips and business volumes declined amid the health crisis.
