Type
Business expansion
Country
Portugal
Region
Continente; Lisboa; Grande Lisboa
Location of affected unit(s)
Lisboa
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines
49.32 - Taxi operation

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
4 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019

Description

US e-hailing platform Uber plans to recruit 200 people to work in its technologic centre based in Lisbon by the end of 2019. The centre is already staffed with 400 workers and provides assistance to its drivers, users of the platform and restaurants which are associated to the sister app Uber Eats.

Around 8,000 drivers work for Uber in Portugal and the food delivery Uber Eats has more than 2,000 associated restaurants based in 19 towns.


Sources

  • 4 July 2019: Diário de Notícias (www.dn.pt)

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Uber, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 98220, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98220.