Uber
Role in each timeline
- Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026
Cut 3,300 jobs, or 10% of staff, in September 2026 to remove management layers and simplify the organization.
- Trump Accounts: From the 2025 Tax Law to the July 2026 Launch and the Employer Matches
Was represented by its CEO at the White House promotion and promised contributions at a level appropriate to the company.
Uber across every timeline
Every dated entry that names Uber, from all 2 timelines, newest first.
20261 entry
- Uber: 3,300 jobs, 10% of staff, to strip out management layers Announcement
Dara Khosrowshahi told employees Uber had grown too complex; the company cut 20 percent of manager roles, halved the number of one- and two-person teams, removed anyone more than seven layers below the CEO, ended nearly all remote work and exited Nigeria and Uganda, its largest cut since the pandemic.
on Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026
20251 entry
- Trump hosts CEOs at the White House to sell the $1,000 'Trump Accounts'; Dell pledges to match for employees' children Announcement
Weeks after the House passed its reconciliation bill, Trump convened Michael Dell, Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi, Goldman Sachs' David Solomon, Robinhood's Vlad Tenev and others to promote the child investment accounts, renamed from 'MAGA accounts' in the House text. Dell pledged $1,000 for each new child of a Dell employee; the other CEOs promised contributions 'at a level appropriate to their company'. Investor Brad Gerstner's Invest America campaign had pushed the idea.
on Trump Accounts: From the 2025 Tax Law to the July 2026 Launch and the Employer Matches