Uber cuts 15 percent of Postmates workforce Engadget 1/24/2021 Jon Fingas NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 25: A Postmates delivery driver rides past Epicerie Boulud on Christmas Day on December 25, 2020 in New York City. Many restaurants chose to stay open or work shorter hours on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as a way to recoup profits as the pandemic continues to burden restaurants and bars struggling to thrive with evolving government restrictions. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Now that Uber owns Postmates, it’s apparently ready to cut workers it believes are superfluous. Uber has confirmed to the
New York Times that it’s laying off about 185 people at Postmates, or about 15 percent of the delivery company’s staff. Most of the executives are leaving, including founder and CEO Bastian Lehmann.
Uber has laid off about 185 Postmates workers, and plans to further integrate Postmates’ infrastructure within its Uber Eats segment, The New York Times reported. Uber acquired Postmates in July for $2.65 billion, following a failed attempt to buy rival food delivery service Grubhub.