The Chinese taxi service Didi abandoned plans to leave the Russian market and will continue to work in our country, a source in the company and an interlocutor in the taxi market who is familiar with the situation told Izvestia.
“Didi will continue to work in Russia, but the entire Russian staff of the company is being reduced. The service will be managed directly from China,” a company source said.
He clarified that now all driver initiatives (programs for additional payments to driver partners, the so-called guaranteed income) are included in the internal program of the service until April 18. That is, at least until this date, the service will work in Russia.
According to the source, parent holding Didi Chuxing will not invest in the development of the application and business in Russia. The service will work on its own, he said.
Another source confirmed that the taxi app will continue to work.
Before the cuts, the staff of Didi in Russia was about 350 people, and today it is no more than 10, the source added. Now the service continues to operate in 38 cities, including Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Izhevsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Kursk, Lipetsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Orenburg.
Didi announced her departure from Russia on February 21, a year and a half after starting work in the country. The company explained this by “changing market conditions and other challenges” that did not allow for the best results in Russia and Kazakhstan. Irina Gushchina, PR director of Didi in Russia, reported that the service would become unavailable from March 4.
Read more in the exclusive Izvestia article:
When you leave, don’t leave: taxi service Didi decided to stay in Russia
Source: IZ
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