Is Lyft doing layoffs?

Ride-hailing app Lyft will lay off 1,072 employees, roughly 26% of its corporate workforce, and won't hire for an additional 250 positions, the company said in an SEC filing Thursday. The news comes a week after a memo from new Lyft CEO David Risher confirmed that the company would trim its head count.



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It had laid off about 683 employees, or 13% of its then workforce, in November. Coming off pandemic lows, Uber and Lyft are locked in a battle for market share, and investors worry that Lyft's price cuts to avoid being a distant second in the North American ride-sharing market would squeeze its profit.

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Lyft began the year mired in the same ditch it ended in last year, with its ride-hailing service struggling to recover from a pandemic-driven downturn that triggered a change in leadership and layoffs that wiped out a quarter of its workforce.

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Uber dominates U.S. market share By April 2022, Uber sales exceeded their pre-pandemic levels and remained elevated throughout most months of 2022 and into 2023. Meanwhile, sales at Lyft are yet to reach their pre-pandemic levels as of July 2023.

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Earnings are decreasing because Uber and Lyft keep changing the rates - keeping prices the same for passengers, lowering pay for drivers and pocketing the difference. As Uber and Lyft continue to make more, drivers continue to make less. So it comes as no surprise that Uber slashed mileage rates in California.

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On average, Uber paid its drivers about 6.2% more per hour than Lyftin 2022: $21.14 versus Lyft's $19.90, according to the ride-hailing business site Gridwise.

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First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights Revenue of $1.0 billion, up 14% year-over-year, and $26 million better than our guidance of $975 million1, with the outperformance reflecting rideshare strength. Net loss of $187.6 million compares with $196.9 million in Q1'22 and $588.1 million in Q4'22.

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Shares of Lyft plunged nearly 15% in after-hours trading Thursday following the earnings results. The latest earnings report comes on the heels of Lyft shaking up its the C-suite and announcing plans to cut 26% of its employees as it fights for market share and profitability.

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Editor's note: Here's how this was originally reported by Bloomberg: Lyft Inc. isn't actively pursuing a sale but would be open to offers, Chief Executive Officer David Risher said in an interview on Bloomberg Television, appearing to soften his view from earlier this year about a potential transaction.

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