Posted on Tuesday, March 17 2020 @ 16:46 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
With many bricks-and-mortar stores closed and general anxiety about the coronavirus outbreak, online retailers are seeing a big spike in orders. WSJ
reports Amazon is now hiring a massive 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the US. At the same time, the web giant is also raising pay. Through April, all employees in fulfillment centers, transportation, stores and delivery will get an extra $2 per hour.
Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire an additional 100,000 employees in the U.S. as millions of people turn to online deliveries at an unprecedented pace and Americans continue to reorient their lives to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.
