Lyft to slow hiring, assess budget cuts

Lyft said no employee layoffs are planned and added it would grant special stock options to eligible employees.

“We’re also being responsible about costs and will significantly slow hiring,” the company said in a statement.

Shares of Lyft have tumbled nearly 61 percent this year amid broader declines in tech stocks and closed down 17.2 percent on Tuesday.

Earlier this month, Uber’s Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said the company would scale back hiring and reduce expenditure on its marketing and incentive activities.