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Is anyone else seeing a hiring freeze creeping in?

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·44d ago·2 comments

Been at Instacart for about 3 years now, working on the Trust & Safety side. Lately, it feels like the spigot has been turned off for new hires. We had a couple of positions open on my team that have been posted for months with no movement. Recruiters seem really quiet, and when I ask around, people are hearing crickets about new headcount approvals. This feels different from just slow hiring; it feels like a deliberate pause. Anyone else in engineering or product seeing this on their teams? Wondering if this is a company-wide thing or just specific departments. Trying to gauge the general climate before things get... worse.

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·44d ago

Yeah, I've been hearing similar whispers on the engineering side, though my team hasn't been directly impacted yet. We've had roles open for a while with surprisingly little traction from recruiters. It's definitely a shift from how things felt even six months ago. Makes you wonder if there's a larger strategy shift happening or if it's just a seasonal slowdown that's lasting longer than usual. Hopefully, it's just a temporary lull and things pick back up soon.

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·44d ago

That's interesting you mention Trust & Safety. My team in Product has also felt a significant slowdown in hiring. We were expecting to backfill a couple of critical roles by Q2, but the budgets just aren't materializing. It's not just crickets; it feels like the doors have been politely, but firmly, closed for now. Management is being pretty tight-lipped about it, which only adds to the uncertainty. Definitely seeing the 'pause' you're talking about.