Uber has laid off about 185 Postmates employees and plans to further integrate Postmates’ infrastructure into its Uber Eats segment, The New York Times report. Uber acquired Postmates for $ 2.65 billion in July, following a failed attempt to buy rival food delivery service Grubhub.
The delivery of meals was a bright spot for Uber amid the pandemic, as bookings in the Uber Eats division rose 135% in the third quarter, while the segment of the ride fell 50% in the same period. The company has consolidated other parts of the company to be profitable by 2021 and to sell its autonomous vehicle segment to Aurora Innovation in December, in the same month that it sold its Uber Elevate flying taxi division to Joby Aviation.
According to the latest cuts, Bastian Lehmann, founder and CEO of Postmates, will leave the company with most of his executive team. Times.
Uber Eats continues the competitive food delivery service DoorDash, which became known in December and showed a short period of profitability during the summer. According to market research firm Edison Trends, DoorDash had 48 percent of the market share for food delivery services in the fourth quarter, with the combined Uber Eats / Postmates at 35 percent.
Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.