Ride-hailing giant Uber has recently announced the departure of its Chief Technology Officer Thuan Pham. According to a company regulatory filing, Pham’s resignation will be effective May 16.
Pham had joined the ride hailing tech company in 2013 and was the longest serving executive of the company. His departure comes at a time when Uber was facing loss of revenue due to the lockdowns and travel restrictions put in place by governments around the world to contain the coronavirus.
According to tech news website, ‘The Information’, Uber is also discussing plans to lay off about 20% of its employees because of the pandemic.
The layoffs could result in more than 5,400 of Uber’s 27,000 employees losing their jobs. The staff reductions have not been finalized, but could be announced in stages in the coming weeks, the report said.
Pham is leaving as the 3,800-person Uber engineering group could be slashed by nearly 800 people in the coming weeks under the proposed job cuts, The Information reported.
“The company is looking at every possible scenario to ensure we get to the other side of this crisis in a stronger position than ever,” a spokesperson for the company said.
Commenting on Pham’s departure, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said, “As the leader of our engineering organization for the last seven years, Thuan has made important contributions that have helped make Uber into the global technology platform it is today. I am grateful for his leadership and we all wish him the best in the future.”
Talking about his resignation, Pham said, “While the work is never done, I feel comfortable hanging up my hat at a time when the Uber Engineering team is at peak productivity, we have built robust system scale and stability, and are well prepared to face the future. This has been a labor of love for me, and I am so proud of what we have done as a team.”
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