India, Sept. 2 -- Ride-hailing giant Uber is set to cut around 10 percent of its workforce as part of a major organisational restructuring, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a message to employees on Wednesday.

"Today, we're making a number of significant organizational changes across Uber," Khosrowshahi said, as per media reports.

Uber employs roughly 34,000 people worldwide and operates across more than 70 countries, according to a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The company said the workforce reduction is intended to simplify its operations, speed up decision-making and reduce delays caused by coordination across its increasingly complex global business.

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