Amazon’s retail division is freezing its 2025 hiring budget, maintaining flat headcount operating expenses compared to 2024, according to an internal email. This shift to budget-based hiring, part of CEO Jassy’s cost-cutting campaign, gives managers spending limits and flexibility to hire contractors. Despite the freeze, Amazon emphasizes that hiring continues based on individual business needs. Amazon’s retail division is freezing its 2025 hiring budget, maintaining flat headcount operating expenses compared to 2024, according to an internal email. This shift to budget-based hiring, part of CEO Jassy’s cost-cutting campaign, gives managers spending limits and flexibility to hire contractors. Despite the freeze, Amazon emphasizes that hiring continues based on individual business needs.