Uber is in a difficult adjustment period.

According to CNET reported that US Internet car company Uber opened a third round of layoffs, CEO Dara Kosrosaci said in an internal letter to employees. A total of 350 employees from multiple teams will be abolished, in addition to the global crew, performance marketing, and recruitment departments, as well as the ATG department ( Advanced Technology Division) and the Uber Eats takeaway department.

The research on autonomous vehicles is also one of the directions of the ATG department. It is the growth point of Uber’s future business. The layoffs are the first layoffs after the division. According to Uber, ATG had a $1 billion financing in April this year, valued at $7.25 billion. Uber Eats’s take-away revenue is now the fastest growing Uber income, with Q2 as an example, with revenues of $595 million, which, although only 18.8% of total revenue, increased by 72% year-on-year.

This time affecting the ATG and Uber Eats divisions, Uber is showing a difficult adjustment period in . After going public in May this year, Uber experienced a record of a sharp fall in stock prices and a record-breaking quarterly loss. Several executives also voted with their feet and chose to leave shortly after Uber went public.

In order to streamline the staff structure and control the cost of expenses, Uber cut layoffs in August and September, respectively, and abolished 400 marketing staff and 435 factory and product team members. Three rounds of reduction, Uber staff decreased by 1185, accounting for about 5% of the previous total (22263).

TechCrunch< /a>The report said that Dara Kosrosaci wrote in an email to employees: “Today’s day is a difficult time for all of us.” “I will do everything I can to make sure we don’t have it.” A day like this.”

Another orderUber’s focus is on whether the driver is a formal employee or an independent contractor.

Since the last quarter, drivers on the platform have launched several global strikes. The core appeals are low-income, over-plated charges and Uber’s willingness to change rules. In July of this year, California considered adopting the “Assembly Bill 5” to support the classification of the driver of the network as a company employee rather than the current independent contractor.

This means that Uber’s huge spending on drivers’ subsidies will continue to expand – Uber needs to provide drivers with minimum wages and corresponding benefits, and drivers have the right to organize unions.

Uber had to fight for this. Uber spokesperson repeatedly said that even if the 2020 bill is passed, the driver’s official status will not be recognized. Currently, Uber has invested $30 million with Lyft in the 2020 voting program and expressed willingness to invest more in the campaign.

This winter, not only Uber, but even the old club’s Softbank days are not good. As Dara Kosrosaci said in his internal letter, Uber’s next step is to “visit the front and work hard.”