Tech titans curb hiring in a ‘challenging macro environment’ | Malay Mail

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PARIS, May 15 — From e-commerce colossus Amazon to social networking star Facebook, US tech firms that once grew with abandon have reined in hiring to endure tumultuous times. Internet giants that saw business boom during the pandemic have taken a hit from inflation, war, supply-line trouble and...

PARIS, May 15 — From e-commerce colossus Amazon to social networking star Facebook, US tech firms that once grew with abandon have reined in hiring to endure tumultuous times.

“We regularly re-evaluate our talent pipeline according to our business needs, and in light of the expense guidance given for this earnings period, we are slowing its growth accordingly,” a Meta spokesperson told AFP.Seattle-based Amazon, the second largest employer in the United States, revealed that its ranks are overly plump after ending last year with more than twice as many workers as it had in 2019.

“Our industry is in a very challenging macro environment — right now,” Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal said Friday in a tweet. Robinhood said in April that it will cut nearly 350 positions, about 9 per cent of its workforce. Cameo terminated the contracts of 80 employees recently, according to news website The Information.Meta, for example, put some blame on a tweak Apple made to software running its popular mobile devices that stymies the gathering of user data to target ads more effectively.

 

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