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Uber lays off 3,000 employees — May 18, 2020

Uber, a transportation company based in United States, laid off 3,000 employees on May 18, 2020. At the time, the company was at the Post-IPO stage. The layoff was reported by this source.

Company
Uber
Employees laid off
3,000
Date
May 18, 2020
Industry
Transportation
Country
United States
Company stage
Post-IPO
Total raised (pre-layoff)
$24700M

Source: https://layoffs.fyi/2020/05/18/uber-lays-off-3000-more-employees-on-top-of-the-3700-laid-off-earlier-this-month/

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