Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ;MSFT) announced it would be reducing specific recruiting as part of its software business. The business announced it would be slowing down the speed at which it employs staff for its Windows, Office, and Team programs. The business was one of Microsoft’s fastest-growing divisions in recent years.

Economic worries have intensified as business near the conclusion of its fiscal year, which runs through June, and the corporation has thus lowered the number of workers it employs. The corporate official indicated that this decision was in response to these concerns.

Microsoft’s software business will need management permission for new hiring, according to Rajesh Jha, executive vice president of the firm, in an email to staff on Thursday. Previously, the management did not need to approve new personnel.

Even while the firm wants to grow its personnel, any recruits for the software segment must be authorized by higher management, Jha added. Microsoft has committed to boosting its workers’ salaries due to low unemployment and rising inflation, among other things.

In reply to such issues, Amazon and Google recently declared that they will boost their workforce’s compensation. Microsoft must fight for talent in the cloud industry, where its competitors already have comparable offerings.

According to analysts, Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)has boosted employee compensation in the United States, with beginning pay for hourly employees at $22 an hour or more, depending on the location, a 45 percent hike from 2018. Apple has faced a unionization campaign from its retail personnel.

Wage and compensation expenditure by U.S. corporations and governments grew 4.5 percent in the first quarter, the most considerable rise since 2001 and topping the fourth-quarter 4.0 percent gain. However, those dollars don’t go as far as one would imagine when inflation is included.

Non-inflation-adjusted private-sector earnings and salaries declined over the period. Microsoft’s cloud-based software tools have been catalysts for the Covid-19 pandemic. Microsoft announced sales of $49.4 billion for the three months ending March. Its cloud division earned $23.4 billion in revenue, up 32 percent from the year-prior quarter.

Companies who have been slowing down their recruiting process in one area are part of a larger corporate belt-tightening that has arisen as the Federal Reserve increases interest rates and fears mount about an economic recession. Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter Inc., and Uber Technologies Inc. are among the other prominent digital giants that have declared that they will reduce recruiting.

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