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,

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

Southwest Airlines has stopped hiring corporate workers and is nixing its signature employee rallies as leaders try to cut costs. Amid a vicious fight with an activist investor for control of the company,