The iPhone maker did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the report.
Worries of an economic downturn due to rising interest rates have sparked a series of mass job cuts across corporate America in recent months. Facebook-parent Meta Platforms last month said it would cut 10,000 jobs this year, making it the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs.
(Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)