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Trip-hailing service Lyft grew to become the newest tech firms to put off workers, whereas Amazon stated it will pause new hires in its company enterprise, as tech firms slim down to deal with the financial slowdown.

Lyft, a rival to Uber, on Thursday introduced it was slicing 683 jobs — 13 per cent of its 4000 workers — in a bid to chop prices.

“We labored onerous to convey down prices this summer time: we slowed, then froze hiring; lower spending; and paused less-critical initiatives. Nonetheless, Lyft has to change into leaner, which requires us to half with unbelievable staff members,” Lyft co-founders Logan Inexperienced and John Zimmer stated in a memo to workers.

In a submitting to the Securities and Change Fee, the ride-hailing firm stated the lay-offs would price it between $27mn and $32mn in restructuring charges and severance packages.

The lay-offs at Lyft, first reported by The Wall Road Journal, are the second spherical of cuts in latest months for the ride-hailing firm. The corporate stated it would promote its car service enterprise.

The information got here after funds group Stripe stated it will lower about 14 per cent of its workforce as a result of put together for “learner occasions”.

Individually, Beth Galetti, an Amazon recruitment director, advised workers the corporate would pause “new incremental hires in our company workforce”, in an effort to “stability our hiring and investments with being considerate about this economic system”.

The job losses and pause in hiring are an indication of how darkening financial situations are forcing tech firms to chop prices and construct buffers to deal with a slowdown in shopper spending.

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