Amazon freezes hiring for part of its business until the end of the year

New York, October 4 (EFE). Amazon will freeze hiring management and administration staff in its retail business until the end of the year, joining other tech giants that have recently taken measures of this kind in the face of current economic uncertainty.

The New York Times announced the measure on Tuesday, and the company did not deny it, at Effie’s request.

“Amazon continues to pursue a large number of job opportunities across the company. We have many different companies in different stages of development, and we expect to continue adjusting our hiring strategies at each of these companies at different times,” said Amazon spokesperson Brad Glaser. .

The retail giant is responsible for most of Amazon’s sales (although web services are more profitable) and its business has skyrocketed during the pandemic.

With sales slowing, the company has in recent months sought to cut expenses and shrink its workforce, primarily by choosing not to replace temporary workers it has hired.

At the end of June, Amazon had 1.52 million employees worldwide, which is about 100,000 employees less than 3 months before that. It is the second largest number of employees in the United States, after Walmart Department Store.

The now known temporary hiring freeze will only affect management positions and not the large network of Amazon warehouses and logistics, which accounts for the majority of jobs in this division.

The decision comes after Meta – the parent company of Facebook and Instagram – launched a hiring strike last week and took action to restructure several teams, which is expected to shrink its workforce for the first time in his story. EFE

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