Grab: Southeast Asia's leading ride-hailing firm cuts 1,000 jobs

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Grab: Southeast Asia's leading ride-hailing firm cuts 1,000 jobs
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Singapore-based super-app Grab offers services in eight countries across Southeast Asia.

The "super-app" offers services in countries including Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand

The company's boss said the cuts were needed to bring down costs and ensure affordable services in the long term. , chief executive Anthony Tan said the cuts, which are the biggest since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, were not "a shortcut to profitability." The so-called "super-app", known as "the Uber of Southeast Asia," offers services across the region, and is present in countries such as Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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