Southwest Airlines is pausing corporate hiring and promotions, suspending most of its summer internships and going without some employee team-building events that date back to the 1980s in order to cut costs and improve margins, CEO Bob Jordan told staff.

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Southwest pausing some hirings, internships as the airline looks to reduce costs

Southwest Airlines says it's not filling some jobs and summer internships this year as the company looks to lower costs.

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Southwest pauses some hiring and summer internships as the airline looks to reduce costs

Southwest Airlines is pausing corporate hiring and promotions, suspending most of its summer internships and going without some employee team-building events.

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Southwest Airlines pauses corporate hiring, most summer internships to cut costs

Southwest Airlines Co. is pausing hiring for management, headquarters jobs and outside workers in a new round of cost cuts following a fight with activist shareholder Elliott Investment Management.

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Southwest Airlines is making cost cuts.Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesSouthwest Airlines is cutting costs.It's pausing corporate hiring, summer internships, and a team-building tradition.The move comes after a dispute with the activist firm Elliott Investment Management.Southwest Airlines is pausing corporate hiring to cut costs, a company spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.The spokesperson said the airline was "pausing all noncontract intern…

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Southwest Airlines is hitting the pause button on some of its hirings, internships and employee events this year as the company looks to lower costs. “We are limiting discretionary costs, including holding on the Southwest Rallies for this year, as we focus on reducing costs,” the company said in a prepared statement on Tuesday. “We’re also pausing on most summer internship positions (honoring offers already made) and pausing all noncontract int…

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The Dallas-based company plans to limit discretionary costs. It has been under pressure after an investor urged Southwest to improve its performance.

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Southwest said that it will continue to evaluate its hiring needs on an ongoing basis.

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Southwest Airlines says it's not filling some jobs and summer internships this year as the company looks to lower costs. The airline said on Tuesday that it would honor internship offers already made but pause all “non-contract internal and external hiring.” Southwest says it will evaluate its staffing needs on an ongoing basis to determine when it made the most sense to restart hiring. To limit “discretionary costs,” the company also does not p…

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As part of the moves to limit “discretionary costs,” the company also does not plan to host the annual rallies where employees gather to celebrate accomplishments.

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