Uber Freight is undergoing a workforce restructuring that will lead to around 80 job cuts within several departments. This comes as the logistics technology company continues to hire new employees and expand its presence in managed transportation, one of its key growth areas.

The cuts, announced internally Tuesday, represent roughly 1.6% to 1.7% of Uber Freight’s total workforce. The company said the restructuring is meant to simplify its organisational structure, eliminate overlapping responsibilities and improve operational efficiency.

Uber Freight CEO Rebecca Tinucci said in an internal memo obtained by FreightWaves that the changes are meant to get the business ready for its next stage of growth.

“Several groups have been reviewing their structures to make our operations simpler and our execution stronger,” Tinucci wrote, announcing the elimination of about 80 positions across the company.

Affected employees will receive severance packages and transition support Managers are also meeting individually with the people involved to explain the changes.

Tinucci said the reductions are not a reflection of the performance or commitment of employees, but rather an adjustment to the company’s organisational needs.

Fewer workers, but staff hiring continues

Uber Freight is letting go of about 80 employees, but it is also hiring aggressively, especially for positions in managed transportation, technology and customer-facing jobs.

The logistics division has 290 openings and has hired 55 employees in the past 30 days, according to information provided to FreightWaves.

Uber Freight is a business unit of San Francisco-based Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), which also operates three other platforms: Uber, for ride-hailing services; Uber Eats, for food and goods delivery; and Uber Freight, for logistics.

Managed transportation, a segment Uber Freight views as core to its long-term growth, accounts for a significant portion of the company’s recruiting efforts.

The company says the volume of deals in managed transportation is 2.5 times higher year over year. It also says its pipeline of potential business is strong going into the first quarter of 2027.

Additional resources are being funnelled to customer support as well. Uber Freight has expanded its customer service team to help customers with its transportation management system (TMS) and outsourced logistics services.

The company recently added 18 employees to this team, with several more positions still open.

Uber Freight said the reductions are part of an internal operational restructuring and not a reaction to broader conditions in the freight market.

The changes will see a reduction in layers of management, the removal of duplicated responsibilities and a reallocation of some activities between departments including operations and marketplace teams.

Office consolidation reshapes Uber Freight’s footprint

As part of the restructuring, the company is also changing its physical footprint, with a number of office changes either planned or in progress to bring people closer to the larger Uber organisation and to encourage more collaboration.

Staff currently operating from the company’s Frisco office in Texas will move to an Uber facility in Dallas. The transition is anticipated in early 2027.

Uber Freight has closed its Tinley Park, Illinois office and is moving employees to Chicago to share space with Uber operations.

The company says the consolidations should enable teams to work more closely together and create more opportunities for joint commercial initiatives between Uber Freight and its parent company.

The company is also reviewing its office in Leusden, in Europe, Netherlands, as its regional operations continue to grow.

The venue is full and a review is happening to see if they can move to bigger premises. Uber Freight has not yet announced a final decision on the future of the site.

higher efficiency in operations and growth ambitions

The recent organisational moves suggest Uber Freight’s wish to trim its internal structure while concentrating resources on business activities with better growth prospects.

In her internal communication, Tinucci also pointed to the need for accountability, more explicit performance expectations and better alignment with the company’s operating principles.

“In addition to these structural updates, we are committed to establishing clearer expectations and holding ourselves accountable to our Principles,” she wrote.

The roughly 80 jobs being cut are the workforce changes Uber Freight had planned on making, it said. No further redundancies have been announced.

Despite the reductions, the company says the continued recruitment, investments in customer support and expanding managed transportation activity demonstrate its commitment to growth.

“This is part of the normal evolution of a business trying to stay efficient and responsive to the needs of our customers,” Tinucci said.

"These changes are simply part of managing a healthy, evolving business and allow us to serve our customers even better," she wrote.

She also confirmed recruitment will continue in areas with the strongest demand, especially in transportation management and customer-facing support functions.

“To support that continued growth, we are actively hiring in high-demand areas, especially across TM and client-facing support.”

Why it’s important

Uber Freight’s move is a case in point of how logistics companies are reshaping their workforces to fit shifting business priorities. The reduction of some positions and the hiring of others in strategic departments at the same time suggests a shift towards operational efficiency, managed transportation and customer-focused services, rather than a uniform expansion or contraction of staffing levels.