Uber raises office requirement to 3 days, nails back remote workers

Uber On Monday, he informs employees, including some who were previously approved for remote work, that they would require them to come to the office three days a week, CNBC has learned.

“Even when the external environment remains dynamic, we are in a stable basis, with a clear strategy and major plans,” CEO Dara Hoshouchahi told employees in the note viewed by CNBC. “As we head to this next chapter, I want to emphasize that the” good “will not be good enough – we have to be great.”

Khosrowshahi continues to say that employees need to be pressed so that the company “can move faster and take more intelligent risks” and outline several changes to Uber’s work policy.

Uber in 2022 created Tuesday and Thursday as an anchor days, where most employees should spend at least half of their working hours at the company’s office. From June, employees will be required at the office on Tuesday until Thursday, according to the note.

This includes some employees who were previously approved to work remotely. The company said it had already informed the distant employees.

“After a thorough review of our existing remote approvals, we ask very remote employees to enter an office,” Khosrowshahi writes. “We will also hire new distant roles only very sparingly.”

The company also changed its one -month paid Saturday program, according to the note. Previously, employees were eligible for Saturday after five years at the company. This has already been collected to eight years, according to the note.

“This program was created when Uber was a much richer company and when it was reached 5 years, the term was a rare feat,” Khosrowshahi wrote. “Then we were in the office five (sometimes more!) Days a week and we hadn’t put our job anywhere.”

Khosrowshahi said the changes would help Uber move faster.

“Our collective view as a leadership team is that while remote work has some advantages, being in the office nourishes cooperation, sparks creativity and increases speed,” Hondwhahi writes.

Changes are coming as more and more companies in the technology industry are reducing costs to reassure investors after excessive hiring during the Covid-19 pandemic. Google has recently begun to demand employees who have previously been approved for remote work also return to the office if they want to keep their jobs, CNBC reported last week.

Last year Khosrowshahi accused Remote work to lose their most loyal customers who will accept sharing rides as a trip to work.

“As we move on, we are further lifting this tape,” said Hoshoshahi’s note on Monday. “After a thorough review of our existing remote approvals, we ask very remote employees to enter the office. In addition, we will only hire new remote roles only very sparingly.”

The Uber leadership team will monitor the attendance “both the team and the individual level to ensure that expectations are being fulfilled,” Khosrowshahi writes.

Following the note, Uber employees immediately transferred the internal forum for questions and answers to the company, according to CNBC’s correspondence. Khosrowshahi said he and Nicki Krishnamurti, the company The chief employee of the people will hold a meeting of all hands on Tuesday to discuss the changes.

Many employees have requested a leadership to review Saturday changes, arguing that the company should honor the original eligibility policy.

“This is not the” right thing “for your employees,” an employee commented.

Uber did not immediately reply to a request for a comment.

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