Amazon will hire another 100,000 people to keep up with a
surge of online orders.
The company said Monday that the new hires will help pack,
ship or sort orders, working in part-time and full-time roles. Amazon said the
jobs are not related to its typical holiday hiring.
The Seattle company reported record profit and revenue
between April and June as more people turned to it during the pandemic to buy
groceries and supplies.
The company already had to hire 175,000 people earlier this
year to keep up with the rush of orders, and last week said it had 33,000
corporate and tech jobs it needed to fill.
This time around, Amazon said it needs the people at the 100
new warehouses, package sorting centers and other facilities it's opening this
month.
Alicia Boler Davis, who oversees Amazon’s warehouses, said
the company is offering $1,000 sign-on bonuses in some cities where it may be
harder for it to find workers, such as Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and
Louisville, Kentucky. Starting pay at Amazon is $15 an hour.
Things are about to get a lot busier at Amazon's warehouses.
In addition to the holiday shopping rush, Amazon plans to hold its one of its
busiest shopping days, Prime Day, in the fall this year after postponing it
from July.
Amazon will be monitoring whether it needs to hire more
workers for the holidays, but doesn't have anything to announce yet, Boler
Davis said. Last year, it hired 200,000 ahead of the holidays.
One company is already preparing for the spike in orders:
UPS said last week that it plans to bring in 100,000 people to help it deliver
packages during the holiday season.
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