Following Grab, Gojek Also Wants To Cut The Number Of Employees

Online motorcycle taxi drivers (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Gojek ride-hailing company is rumored to be cutting its number of employees. The plan will be announced this week.

This was reported by Reuters, Tuesday, June 23, based on anonymous sources who declined to be identified. It is not yet known how many employees will be terminated (PHK).

In fact, Gojek has just received funds from large investors, namely Facebook and PayPal. As a result, the total new funding obtained by Gojek reached US $ 3 billion with a final valuation of US $ 10 billion.

The joining of Facebook and PayPal as investors, following Google and Tencent, which first plunged to support Gojek in developing digital payment services in Southeast Asia. So far, Gojek digital services have been used by hundreds of thousands of merchants and provide access to more than 170 million users.

"The joining of Facebook, PayPal, Google and Tencent gives us the opportunity to achieve something truly unique as we support more digitization in the business world and ensure millions of customers benefit from the digital economy," said Co-CEO Andre Soelistyo in release.

VOI also tried to contact Gojek, but until now there has been no comment regarding the news of layoffs. Therefore, it is not certain when and the reasons behind the pruning made by the unicorn startup.

Last week, Grab also announced that it had taken layoff steps for its 360 employees in the Southeast Asia region, including in Indonesia. This is none other than the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It is with a heavy heart that I announce today that we will release around 360 Grabbers, or about under 5 percent of the total number of Grab employees," said Grab CEO and Co-Founder, Anthony Tan in his official statement.