Amazon’s cloud business is introducing new restrictions that limit managers' ability to hire, the latest move by the internet company to keep its costs in check as sales growth slows to the lowest level in years.
In a memo sent to Amazon Web Services (AWS) hiring managers on Tuesday, the company said that all potential hires must now be filtered through a special headcount management system to ensure that they are matched with a specific open position. The in-house tool, called Roster, will act as "the source of truth for approved headcount plans," according to the memo, which was viewed by Fortune.
