Amazon's HR chief Beth Galetti wrote in the memo that the company moved to further restrict new hiring amid a worsening economic outlook and after it hired rapidly in recent years.Amazon will backfill roles to replace employees who leave for new opportunities, and it will continue to "hire people incrementally" in some targeted places, she added.In general, depending on the business or area of the company, we will hire backfills to replace employees who move on to new opportunities, and there are some targeted places where we will continue to hire people incrementally.We still intend to hire a meaningful number of people in 2023, and remain excited about our significant investments in our larger businesses, as well as newer initiatives like Prime Video, Alexa, Grocery, Kuiper, Zoox, and Healthcare.If you have questions about how this pause on incremental hiring for the next few months impacts your team, please speak with your manager in the coming days."