Jobs! Amazon Plans to Hire 150000 Workers for Holiday Season
Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 150000 seasonal workers, about the same as last year despite slowing sales growth and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.
The world's largest online retailer typically hires legions of temporary workers this time of year to help store, pack and ship items from its warehouses. Employees can earn more than $19 an hour, on average, based on their position and location in the US, Amazon said in a statement.
The announcement suggests that Amazon expects steady demand for its logistics services even with shoppers back in stores and trimming their budgets amid the highest inflation in decades. In an effort to jumpstart sales going into the holiday season, the company will hold a two-day Prime Day sale next week, the first time Amazon has hosted such an event twice in the same year.
Amazon ratcheted up hiring during the pandemic to handle a surge in orders from home-bound shoppers. When consumers returned to their previous shopping habits this year, the Seattle-based company found itself saddled with too many workers and facilities.
Amazon has since shuttered, delayed or abandoned plans for dozens of warehouses in the US and Europe, Bloomberg reported in September. The company also winnowed its workforce -- primarily through attrition, Amazon says -- by almost 100,000 people between March and June, the biggest quarterly decline in its history. The company recently froze hiring in the corporate jobs behind its retail business for the rest of the year.
Despite Amazon's decision to keep seasonal hiring steady, the third-party merchants who account for more than half of the company's online sales are bracing for what many fear will be a dreary holiday shopping season. Some expect
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