15min already announced on Tuesday that the company decided to close its office in Vilnius.
According to the company’s response received on Wednesday, neither the economic situation nor the war in Ukraine influenced such a decision.
“This decision is aimed at consolidating our engineering resources,” the company’s response reads.
“The company’s goal is to retain as many employees as possible who want to stay with Uber, based on the opportunities available and the company’s needs.”
This decision will only affect Uber’s technology center in Vilnius, not Uber’s local ride-hailing service business. We are still firmly determined to continue our business in Lithuania and offer people the opportunity to move safely, affordably and reliably with the Uber app,” the comment reads. 15min.
The company says it is committed to offering all employees affected by the decision “other opportunities” within the company. Uber locations in other countries will not be affected by this decision.
The representatives of the company did not provide exact details about the closure, but according to Gergely Orosz, the author of the blog “The Pragmatic Engineer”, who was the first to publish this news, the IT center in Vilnius should work until 2023. June
“Uber Lithuania Software and Development” company was almost always at the top of the list of companies paying the highest salaries in Lithuania.
In July of this year, it ranked second among all Lithuanian companies in terms of salary. More than once, according to the amount of paid salaries, it has climbed to the first place.
The median remuneration recorded in the company (before taxes) was 7,415 euros, the average salary was 7,284 euros. The company has 63 employees.
According to G. Orosz, the decision was announced within the company on September 7.
According to G. Orosz’s sources, Uber does not promise to close the office suddenly – it is promised to complete the work by 2023. June Uber will help people who want to move and work in other offices of their choice. The performance evaluation process will be completed in 2023. at the beginning, and the bonuses will be paid around 2023. in March,” G. Oroszas writes in his blog.
Uber has established two companies in Lithuania – in addition to the already mentioned “Uber Lithuania Software and Development”, whose activity is the development of computer software, there is also “Uber Lithuania”, which is more widely known among the population, and is engaged in passenger transportation and taxi services.
It is true that the financial indicators of Uber Lithuania, as well as their popularity, have significantly declined in Lithuania over the past few years.
Rekvizitai.lt according to data, the company’s income in 2021 was 87.2 thousand. euros, and in 2017 – 407 thousand euros. During these years, the company’s income has been consistently decreasing.
Meanwhile, Uber Lithuania Software and Development fared much better financially – in 2021. sales revenue amounted to 6.37 million EUR, profit – 234 thousand. euros.
