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They also recently announced plans to hire 3,000+ in Dallas [1] at a brand new massive office. I'm sure the hiring and layoffs are from different business units

They also recently announced plans to hire 3,000+ in Dallas [1] at a brand new massive office. I'm sure the hiring and layoffs are from different business units, but it does seem strange that there's been multiple several-hundred-people-layoff stories form Uber recently at the same time they're announcing otherwise massive hiring expansion. I would at least figure that they would prefer to transfer engineers between units rather than to layoff and hire anew. 1: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Leaders-Approve-About-93-Million-in-Incentives-for-Potential-Uber-Expansion-542866411.html https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Leaders-Approve-Abo...

djsumdog 7y ago
Maybe some of them were given an option, but they didn't want to move locations; so they just decided it's better to pay them severance while they look for other work? /guess
epistasis 7y ago
Does Uber have different pay scales depending on location?
- lucasmullens 7y ago
  I can't possibly imagine they're paying 3000 Dallas employees a bay area salary.
- mateo411 7y ago
  All companies that are Uber's size will have pay scales depending on location.
- rockinghigh 7y ago
  Yes.
eternalny1 7y ago
Interesting if this is a way to get out from under crushing Bay Area tech salaries. I still see zero reason a company like Uber should be based in San Francisco. We landed a man on the moon with parts built all over the United States, so it's not "that's where the talent is".
- johnvanommen 7y ago
  > I still see zero reason a company like Uber should be based in San Francisco. We landed a man on the moon with parts built all over the United States, so it's not "that's where the talent is". It's exceptionally difficult to get investment money if a tech company isn't located in the Bay Area or Seattle.
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  The US has had quite a bit of migration in it since a man landed on the moon.

djsumdog 7y ago

Maybe some of them were given an option, but they didn't want to move locations; so they just decided it's better to pay them severance while they look for other work? /guess

epistasis 7y ago

Does Uber have different pay scales depending on location?

lucasmullens 7y ago
I can't possibly imagine they're paying 3000 Dallas employees a bay area salary.
mateo411 7y ago
All companies that are Uber's size will have pay scales depending on location.
rockinghigh 7y ago
Yes.

eternalny1 7y ago

Interesting if this is a way to get out from under crushing Bay Area tech salaries. I still see zero reason a company like Uber should be based in San Francisco. We landed a man on the moon with parts built all over the United States, so it's not "that's where the talent is".

johnvanommen 7y ago
> I still see zero reason a company like Uber should be based in San Francisco. We landed a man on the moon with parts built all over the United States, so it's not "that's where the talent is". It's exceptionally difficult to get investment money if a tech company isn't located in the Bay Area or Seattle.
lotsofpulp 7y ago
The US has had quite a bit of migration in it since a man landed on the moon.