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Out of curiosity, why would a company like Uber employ 26.5k employees? Does this number include drivers (which I doubt)?
by ahmedfromtunis 6y ago
Out of curiosity, why would a company like Uber employ 26.5k employees? Does this number include drivers (which I doubt)?
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoThey have a presence in every country they're active; likely a big chunk of it is customer services, both for consumers and drives. Administration as well, they are handling a lot of money after all between a lot of people. See https://www.uber.com/us/en/careers/ https://www.uber.com/us/en/careers/ for what positions they hire for.
- manquer 6y agoCustomer service is rarely in-house in these kind of companies, The bulk of it is usually done by contractors and staffing firms . It is cheaper as they don’t have to pay the same kind of benefits and of course of-shored
- robteix 6y agoSales, marketing, legal in every market they operate in. Remember they don't have to deal only with different countries, but different states and municipalities in each of them, each with their own laws and ordnances and lobbying needs.