Read the full email Uber CEO wrote to employees about why the company was laying off 400 workers

• Uber fired 400 marketing employees this week as the company seeks to streamline some bloated departments.
• Morale had been low on the marketing team for months, other former employees say, leaving few surprised by the shakeup.
• In an email to all company employees, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the move wasn't about shrinking marketing, but about streamlining it after ten years of growth.
• Read the full account of how the mass layoffs went down on Business Insider Prime.

Uber on Monday fired 400 marketing employees from its marketing, shrinking the department to about two-third its previous size.

In an email to all staff, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the move was not to de-emphasize marketing at the ride-hailing's marketing efforts, but rather to streamline them after ten years of growth.

Read more: Uber employees describe the abrupt way the company laid off 400 workers in more than a dozen countries this week

The layoffs began with an 8 a.m. email from newly installed head of communications, Jill Hazelbaker, on Monday, followed by individual meetings with human resources representatives for each affected employee.

Here's the full email Khosrowshahi sent to employees on Monday: