Amazon offers 125,000 full-time jobs to temporary employees to deal with COVID-19 rush

SEATTLE: Amazon is offering full-time jobs to 125,000 of 175,000 temporary workers it hired since March to deal with the COVID-19 rush, if employees would like to stay at Amazon long term.

According to the company, 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 pays at least USD 15 an hour to its 600,000-strong workforce.