2022年11月21日

机器人报告Nuro的第三代，没有方向盘的电动自动驾驶汽车。来源:据科技博客Tech Crunch报道，在加州和德克萨斯州部署的自动驾驶汽车配送公司Nuro在周五裁员约300人，占其员工总数的20%。该公司的联合创始人朱佳军(jijun Zhu)和弗格森(Dave Ferguson)周五上午向员工发送了一封电子邮件，通知他们裁员的消息，并说如果他们受到影响，他们将收到另一份更新通知。弗格森和朱告诉员工，裁员是公司在经济前景普遍不佳的情况下保存现金的一种尝试。两位创始人对裁员负责，称公司在2021年过度招聘。2021年对该公司来说是重要的一年。去年11月，该公司获得了老虎环球管理公司(Tiger Global Management)领投的6亿美元投资，使该公司的估值达到86亿美元。谷歌的母公司Alphabet和另一家自动驾驶汽车公司Waymo的母公司也参与了这轮融资。在这笔投资之后，Nuro的团队在不到两年的时间里翻了一番。从那时起，Nuro就与达美乐、沃尔玛、联邦快递、7- 11、克罗格和优步开展了各种配送活动。 But the company hasn’t been without its challenges. Earlier this year, it announced it was l aying off a handful of employees in Texas, California, and Arizona , and started winding down its Phoenix Depot operations. In its latest round of layoffs, Nuro is offering the affected employees 12 weeks of severance pay, and up to 14 weeks of severance pay for those who have been at Nuro for over two years. The company will also pay out bonuses to eligible employees, waiving the one-year vesting cliff on the equity front. Nuro will subsidize 100% of COBRA healthcare premiums, including for families, through March 31, 2023, for laid-off employees. The company is also providing career transition support, and giving its Visa holders a notice period to help ease the transition. About The Author Brianna Wessling Brianna Wessling is an Associate Editor, Robotics, WTWH Media. She joined WTWH Media in November 2021, and is a recent graduate from the University of Kansas. She can be reached at [email protected]