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Uber India on Tuesday, 26 May, announced to lay off around 600 full-time employees due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis. That’s one-fourth of its total workforce in India.
The affected employees would be from across driver and rider support among other functions, President for Uber's India and South Asia businesses, Pradeep Parameswaran, said in a statement.
Parameswaran noted that the reductions are part of the previously announced global job cuts this month.
According to the company, the employees would be paid around 10 weeks of salary, along with medical insurance coverage for the next six months and outplacement support.
So far, Uber has globally laid off over 6,700 employees.
The development comes just days after the OLA announced to lay off 1,400 employees as revenues fell 95 percent in two months.
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