@mathowie "freeze" just means you need to convince the powers that be your project deserves more reqs than some other project. I've been here 9 years and we've been in an alledged freeze for almost all of it, even though my org grew by 10x.

My org has 100's of open engineer reqs worldwide, with a half dozen or so posted just yesterday: https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/search?location=united-states-USA&team=apps-and-frameworks-SFTWR-AF%20cloud-and-infrastructure-SFTWR-CLD%20core-operating-systems-SFTWR-COS%20devops-and-site-reliability-SFTWR-DSR%20engineering-project-management-SFTWR-EPM%20information-systems-and-technology-SFTWR-ISTECH%20machine-learning-and-ai-SFTWR-MCHLN%20security-and-privacy-SFTWR-SEC%20software-quality-automation-and-tools-SFTWR-SQAT%20wireless-software-SFTWR-WSFT&page=3