Amazon Pauses Corporate Hiring on Economic Uncertainty
- Pause will likely last for the next few months, HR chief says
- Company may continue to add jobs in ‘targeted places’
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Amazon.com Inc. is pausing “new incremental” hiring across its corporate workforce, as the world’s largest online retailer prepares to weather a slower economy.
Amazon has effectively stopped recruiting for new roles companywide, broadening a pullback in hiring that had already affected various teams in recent weeks, including the profitable advertising business. The latest announcement doesn’t apply to frontline jobs in the operations and transportation groups, where hundreds of thousands of hourly workers pack and ship items.