Uber orders employees back to office 3 days per week as company cracks down on remote work: report

Uber is ordering employees to spend at least three days per week in the office and cutting back on remote work, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a memo to employees.Beginning in June, Uber employees will be required to spend Tuesday through Thursday in the office, according to the memo, which was first reported by CNBC.The requirement will apply to some workers who were previously classified as fully remote.“After a thorough review of our existing remote approvals, we’re asking many remote employees to come into an office,” Khosrowshahi said in the memo.

“In addition, we’ll hire new remote roles only very sparingly.”In-person attendance will be tracked “at both team and individual levels to ensure expectations are being met,” the memo added.Khosrowshahi will hold an all-hands meeting with Uber employees to discuss the changes.Uber did not immediately return The Post’s request for comment.

The company’s stock was flat in Tuesday trading.Aside from the in-person requirements, Uber tweaked a program that grants employees a one-month paid sabbatical so that only employees with eight years of service team are eligible – up from a previous benchmark of five years.Since 2022, Uber has implemented a hybrid work model, with most employees required to spend at least half of their work time in the office and Tuesday and Thursday serving as mandatory “anchor days.” Some workers remained fully remote.“Our collective view as a leadership team is that while remote work has some benefits, being in the office fuels collaboration, sparks creativity, and increases velocity,” Khosrowshahi added in the memo.Immediately after the internal announcement, some employees took to the company’s message board to voice their displeasure, according to CNBC.“This isn’t ‘doing the right thing’ for your employees,” one worker reportedly wrote,Uber is the latest of many companies to move away from pandemic-era remote work policies in favor of more in-person at...