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Bill Gurley Is Leaving Uber’s Board

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198 points 101carl | 2 comments | 22 Jun 17 00:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.608s | source
1. dandare ◴[22 Jun 17 09:51 UTC] No.14611097[source]▶
Could someone please explain to me how come Uber has 12,000 employees? Drivers are not employees, there is no content to curate, no brick & mortar operations, the app and tech stack is pretty much developed and stable. Sure the Otto and UberEATS are part of that number but still. Did I miss something?
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2. dagw ◴[22 Jun 17 10:07 UTC] No.14611152[source]▶
Could someone please explain to me how come Uber has 12,000 employees

Because they can afford it and desperately want to grow. Let's say Uber operates in about 300 cities around the world and have their eyes on another 100. Dedicate an average of 3-4 people to grow and market your services in each city plus another 3 to handle local staffing, admin and regulatory issues and you're already at ~2500.