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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zen Soo

Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab slashes 1,000 jobs in biggest layoff since pandemic

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings said it is cutting over 1,000 jobs or 11% of its workforce to cut costs and keep the company competitive, in its biggest round of job cuts since the pandemic.

Grab CEO Anthony Tan said in a letter sent to employees late Tuesday that the job cuts were not a “shortcut to profitability” but part of a fundamental restructuring of its operating model and costs.

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