Amazon offering 125,000 full-time jobs to seasonal employees
- In March, Amazon in the US hired 175,000 people across its roles operations network to help community and to keep as many people as possible working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Now, Amazon will convert 125,000 of the 175,000 temporary roles hired since March to permanent jobs in June if employees would like to stay at Amazon long term.
- Amazon said, like other companies these individuals were hired for seasonal roles to meet a surge in demand and, for many, there was the hope of returning back to their previous companies once states began to re-open.
- The regular job will provide a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one, a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour and access to training programs like ‘Career Choice’ that make it easier to springboard into a different career at Amazon or other companies.
- Amazon hopes that people will stay on long-term at Amazon which will help alleviate some of the ongoing burden of unemployment in communities across the US.
- The rest of 50,000 workers may choose to return to their previous job or stay at Amazon in seasonal or part-time roles.
- Amazon earlier announced to invest nearly $4 billion to keep its workers safe.
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