On may 7, Uber and Lime reveal the outlines of a deal between the fate of the two companies of alternative mobility. In renflouant the second of 170 million dollars, the first committed to transfer the assets of Jump, the fleet of electric bicycles in free sharing. In the future, the two services should be integrated in a single application.

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This is the macro-level. The least we can say is that the effects of this deal will be quickly felt at the micro level. The end of last week, the whole staff is working for the account of Jump in Brussels has indeed learned the news of his dismissal. "All employees have been laid off," says this worker is now unemployed. "The previous week, we were told that we wouldn't make it. "How many were they exactly ? "In total, between 40 and 50 ", he believes to know, without that this figure could not be officially confirmed. "At least twenty alone in-service day," said one former colleague. In any case, " everyone was acting, with the exception of some executives, are consistent with the two voices.