Uber is planning to eliminate 390 jobs across four Bay Area offices, with 253 of those cuts landing squarely at its San Francisco headquarters. The reductions, laid out in new California employment filings, mark one of the largest local hits yet in a wave of tech layoffs sweeping the region this year.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the filings show the job losses split between two of Uber's San Francisco headquarters offices and its Sunnyvale operations. Filings cited by the paper show 151 permanent layoffs at Uber's 1655 3rd St. office and 102 more at its 1725 3rd St. office, while 137 additional positions are being eliminated at the company's Sunnyvale offices. The filings concern Uber offices in San Francisco and Sunnyvale.
The cuts are part of a previously announced plan to eliminate 3,300 jobs, or about 10% of Uber's global workforce, as the ride-hailing giant overhauls how it's structured. Uber had about 34,000 employees worldwide at the end of 2025, per the company's annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Why Uber Says It's Cutting So Deep
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said the restructuring aims to reduce management layers, simplify the organization and focus resources on growth, according to a report tracking 2026 tech layoffs. “We are removing layers, simplifying team structures, refining our global location strategy,” Khosrowshahi said, describing an effort that also aims to reduce by 20% the number of employees who sit seven or more layers from the CEO and to nearly halve the number of micro-teams companywide.
Uber is also changing its remote-work policy as part of the shakeup. The company will require most remote employees to work from an office and will concentrate teams in major hubs including San Francisco and New York, while continuing to allow only about 1% of employees to work fully remotely. The Bay Area layoffs are expected to take effect on November 2.
A Wave of Cuts Hitting Silicon Valley
Uber's reductions land amid a broader storm of technology layoffs across the region. Silicon Valley companies laid off 7,295 employees in the first half of 2026 alone, just 9% short of the total cut during all of 2025, according to San José Spotlight. That pace put the industry on track for its worst year since 2023.
Announced tech layoffs across the Bay Area had already reached 5,088 jobs by May 19, per the Marin Independent Journal. That count included LinkedIn's disclosed plan to eliminate 585 Bay Area jobs, split between 418 in Mountain View, 59 in Sunnyvale and 108 in San Francisco. Nationally, Challenger, Gray & Christmas found technology companies had eliminated more than 85,000 employees through the end of April, a 33% jump from the prior year, as reported by Yahoo Finance.
Artificial intelligence has increasingly become the stated driver behind these cuts. A Challenger, Gray & Christmas analysis attributed 40% of technology job cuts in May to AI, up sharply from just 7% in January, according to Computerworld.
Other Bay Area Employers Also Cutting Jobs
Uber is far from alone among major Bay Area employers trimming headcount this year. Meta cut roughly 3,382 positions from its Santa Clara and San Mateo county offices during the first half of 2026, per the San José Spotlight report. Oracle's global reduction was initially projected at up to 30,000 workers, while Cisco eliminated 221 Bay Area positions effective October 13, 2025, and announced plans on May 13, 2026, to cut nearly 4,000 additional jobs globally, according to CalMatters.
More layoffs have also been reported among Bay Area employers.
Despite the steady drumbeat of layoff announcements, some economists caution against reading the trend as a sign of imminent recession. Sarah Bohn of the Public Policy Institute of California noted that the current pace of cuts is actually slower than what the region saw in 2022, per CalMatters. Still, Bohn said the Bay Area economy has remained largely stagnant in terms of employment and job growth over roughly the past year.
California WARN notices are intended to help ensure advance notice in cases of qualified plant closings and mass layoffs, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
