Uber said it has set up its second centre of excellence (CoE) in Visakhapatnam which will hire about 500 people for the facility by the end of next year. The first CoE is already running in Hyderabad.
“The Visakhapatnam CoE is an extension of our Hyderabad centre to ensure business continuity…it will provide specialised customer support for critical incidents that require immediate attention for both riders and our driver-partners,” said Szu Lin, Uber Senior Director, Community Operations for Asia Pacific, Wen.
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He added that the centre will support customers in India and the Asia-Pacific region. Set up at a cost of about Rs 5.73 crore, the new centre will create about 500 new jobs. The trained teams will respond to any urgent issue or incident that is reported to the company and will operate 24/7.
“We have already hired 70 people and this number will go up to 120 by early next year. We expect to have about 500 people by the end of next year,” he said.
“Through the new CoE, we plan to expand our global customer support footprint as well as aim to create new economic opportunities for the high caliber talent in this country,” he said.
Uber had launched its first India centre in Hyderabad in 2015, and now has a little over 1,000 employees providing critical regional and global customer support services to Uber riders, drivers, Eats customers, couriers, and restaurant partners.