I think they are just cutting back on the hires to be honest. I have actually seen multiple articles recently about "heres how to make more money" or something along those lines and its about Mturk. So maybe they are getting a lot of people applying.
That's actually why I'm here. I was scrolling through FB earlier this month and I think I saw a sponsored ad or an article and clicked on it.
To my surprise, my account had been active since 2012 with a whopping $0.50 in it. Then it all came back to me ... I found MTurk and thought: what in tarnation is this nonsense?? and left.
My husband laughed at me the other day and teased "Think of the money that you could have had"
Glad I'm here now though!