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Blue Apron loses HR executive, freezes hiring amid expansion

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. has lost its top human resources executive, implemented a temporary hiring freeze of salaried employees and fired part of its recruiting team.

By Jing Cao | Updated on September 04, 2017

(Bloomberg) – Blue Apron Holdings Inc. has lost its top human resources executive, implemented a temporary hiring freeze of salaried employees and fired part of its recruiting team just as it ramps up a new fulfillment center that’s supposed to help the troubled, newly public company expand.

Kate Muzzatti’s resignation was announced internally on Aug. 10, according to two people familiar with the situation, the same day Blue Apron decided to halt the hiring of salaried employees. The fired recruiters included staff who helped find operations and technical employees, said three people, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss an internal matter.

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