{"id":571245,"date":"2020-05-05T04:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/05\/05\/ubereats-exits-middle-east-as-subsidiary-careem-announces-layoffs-closes-bus-service\/"},"modified":"2020-05-05T04:00:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T04:00:52","slug":"ubereats-exits-middle-east-as-subsidiary-careem-announces-layoffs-closes-bus-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/05\/05\/ubereats-exits-middle-east-as-subsidiary-careem-announces-layoffs-closes-bus-service\/","title":{"rendered":"UberEats exits Middle East as subsidiary Careem announces layoffs, closes bus service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-05\"><\/a> <strong>UberEats exits Middle East as subsidiary Careem announces layoffs, closes bus service:<\/strong> Ride-hailing giant Uber\u2019s plans for expansion in the MENA region took a hit yesterday after the company announced that it would discontinue its food delivery platform UberEats regionwide. The company has struggled to gain a foothold in the competitive MENA food delivery market, industry players tell us. A spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2020\/5\/UberEats-exits-Middle-East.pdf\">said yesterday (pdf)<\/a> the decision was made to so Uber could concentrate its efforts on countries in which it has better growth prospects. UberEats will continue operating in Egypt until the end of Monday, 18 May, two years after it was first launched in Cairo, the company said in <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2020\/5\/ubereats-leaving.jpg\">an email to users<\/a>. Uber\u2019s regular ride-hailing services will not be affected by the decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uber is also exiting: <\/strong>\u201cCzech Republic \u2026 Honduras, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Ukraine by June 4,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-05-04\/uber-eats-ditches-seven-countries-where-food-delivery-lags\">Bloomberg<\/a> reports, adding, \u201cthe company also said it would transfer Uber Eats business operations in the United Arab Emirates to Careem by the same day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Careem to lay off 31% of its employees as business craters:<\/strong> Uber subsidiary Careem will lay off 536 of its employees as precautionary measures against the covid-19 pandemic take their toll on the business. It\u2019s unclear how many of the jobs to be cut are in Egypt. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.careem.com\/ar\/securing-careem-through-these-uncertain-times\/\">The announcement was made to employees<\/a> by CEO Mudassir Sheikha, who said that the pandemic had caused business to fall by 80%. \u201cThe covid-19 pandemic crisis has presented major risks to our dreams and our future impact \u2026 and the schedule for recovery is still unknown, a cause for concern,\u201d he said. \u201cThe most appropriate way to protect Careem in the long run is to move towards self-sustainability within a reasonable time frame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>And Careem Bus is now a thing of the past:<\/strong> Sheikha also announced the closure of its mass transport business Careem Bus, just 18 months after its launch in Egypt. 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