In an email to recruiters, Amazon says it is freezing most corporate hiring in its retail business for the rest of 2022; AWS is not affected by the freeze (Karen Weise/New York Times)

Karen Weise / New York Times:
Sources: Amazon plans to lay off ~10,000 people in corporate and tech jobs, or ~3% of its corporate staff, as soon as this week, the largest cuts in its history  —  The job cuts of approximately 10,000, which would start as soon as this week, would focus on the company’s devices organization, retail division and human resources.

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Source: Zuckerberg told staff in a weekly Q&A that Meta will freeze hiring, restructure some teams, and reduce budgets across teams, citing economic conditions  —  Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said it will freeze hiring and restructure some teams in an effort to cut costs and shift priorities.

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon pauses hiring for roles in its corporate workforce after announcing last month that it would freeze hiring for corporate roles in its retail business  —  KEY POINTS  — Amazon is pausing hiring for roles in its corporate workforce, the company announced in a memo to staff Thursday.

Theo Wayt / New York Post:
Lyft says it is freezing all hiring in the US through the end of 2022  —  Ride-sharing app Lyft is freezing all hiring in the US through the end of 2022, The Post has learned.  —  The news comes amid a broader economic slump that has sent Lyft’s stock tumbling 68% this year.

Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Amazon’s AWS unit expects to add employees in 2023 and will continue building data centers, despite the company’s hiring freeze and cuts in other divisions  —  Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit plans to add employees next year and keep building new data centers, a sign that a hiring freeze elsewhere …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple’s VP of online retail Anna Matthiasson is leaving the company, to be replaced by Karen Rasmussen; CIO Mary Demby is retiring after three decades  —  Apple Inc.’s top executives in charge of its online retail store and information-systems divisions are stepping down …