Amazon's hiring processes during the COVID-19 pandemic lacked oversight, a leaked document shows.
The new information provides additional context for Amazon's unprecedented round of job cuts which saw 2,300 employees laid off in January.
Amazon's lack of hiring oversight resulted in "inconsistency, error, and potential misuse," including "over-hiring," according to the leaked document published by Insider.
- Amazon's web services team listed three times more open positions than the company had approved over the period assessed by the internal document.
- 24,988 open positions were posted in 2022, even though Amazon only gave official approval for 7,798 positions.
- Many of the problems stemmed from leaving hiring decisions up to individual managers, according to the document.
The tech industry has announced major layoffs in recent months, which has largely been attributed to overhiring during the pandemic.
