How Uber for Business can supplement traditional ride and meal offerings

Workplace managers are facing new challenges related to transportation and meals in the modern work landscape. While supporting employees with thoughtful perks still matters, traditional solutions weren’t built for today’s mix of remote, hybrid, in-office, and on-the-go teams.

How do you meet employees’ evolving needs without overspending or overcomplicating operations?

The new workplace reality

For today’s remote and hybrid workers, transportation and meal programs are mostly considered unexpected “nice-to-haves.” And while such programs may seem like an unnecessary expense, they can help boost employee morale. With perks like paid meal delivery for lunchtime Zoom meetings or rides for hybrid workers commuting to the office, you can help employees feel supported in doing their best work.

Meals, minus the overhead

If your cafeteria isn’t getting the foot traffic it used to—or doesn’t exist at all—Uber for Business meal programs help you ensure a well-fed (and productive) team without the logistics of running a kitchen. From a centralized dashboard, you can:

• Let employees order meals from wherever they’re working (home, the office, or in between)
• Set custom budgets and item restrictions
• Accommodate dietary needs with access to over a million merchant partners on Uber Eats
• Use an Uber One membership to cut down on delivery fees

From HQ to satellite offices and beyond, your employees get simple, flexible access to a variety of cuisines and dietary preferences while you maintain control over global parameters.

Smarter ways to offer rides

Whether employees have a long commute home, have worked late at the office, or need to travel offsite, commute programs help you build custom transportation solutions for your modern workforce.

With Uber for Business, you can:

• Set who’s eligible for rides based on role, team, or location
• Define when and where rides can be used
• Set spending limits and simplify billing with centralized invoicing

And, because Uber for Business operates in over 150,000 cities across 70 countries, you can apply the same ride policy across all locations.

One-time solutions without the red tape

Of course, a full program isn’t needed for every situation. For one-off moments—like celebrating a milestone, hosting an event, or treating an interview candidate like a VIP—you can cover all or part of one or more rides and/or meals with Uber for Business vouchers.

Vouchers can be set up quickly and are fully customizable, making them ideal for filling in the gaps that traditional benefits can’t always cover. Think:

• A stress-free ride home after a late client dinner or brainstorming session
• Lunch delivery for a virtual team-building day
• A ride to and from an offsite visit
• Meals for new hires during onboarding week

Vouchers are designed for ad-hoc use cases rather than for always-on programs. You can set parameters around when, where, and how each voucher is used, so nothing goes to waste—and finance teams stay happy. And, because you’re not locked into a recurring contract, vouchers are a smart way to pilot the program before rolling it out more widely.

Beyond traditional business perks

Flexible ride and meal programs aren’t just great for morale—they also solve real operational headaches. Here’s how Uber for Business can help streamline operations at your workplace:

• Cut down on manual tasks: Automate ride and meal programs to save hours of administrative work.
• Maintain policy control: Easily define which benefits are available to which employees (whether by department, role, or location) and set parameters for when and where those benefits can be used.
• Budget with confidence: Real-time spending caps and usage reports help you track costs and adjust as needed.
• Standardize across regions: Implement one consistent policy across offices worldwide.
• Support strategic decisions: Leverage data to optimize programs and evaluate ROI.

Using Uber for Business makes it easy to offer employee perks while actively contributing to a smoother, smarter, and more cost-effective workplace, benefiting individual team members and the whole company.

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