Amazon said earlier this month that it will recruit 40,000 corporate and technology jobs. However, this is not enough, Amazon is hiring people again. According to a CNN report on September 14, Amazon plans to hire 125,000 employees in the United States for part-time and full-time jobs in logistics to meet the high demand for Thanksgiving and Christmas at the end of the year.
Amazon's vice president of transportation services David Bozeman (David Bozeman) said that the hourly salary of these new employees will range from Amazon's lowest hourly rate of $15 to $22.5 per hour, depending on In the "different competitive environment in various markets across the United States."
Today, the US labor market is fiercely competitive. According to the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in July, there were 222,000 job vacancies in the transportation and storage industries, and 879,000 job vacancies in the retail industry. Under such circumstances, dozens of large companies, including Wal-Mart and Target , have recently increased their welfare and incentive policies in order to attract employees to join.
Amazon is no exception. Last week, Amazon announced that it would reimburse college tuition, teaching materials and other miscellaneous expenses for 750,000 hourly wage workers (mainly employees in warehouses and order delivery centers) across the United States.
For this recruitment plan, Amazon said that new employees who sign contracts at specific locations can receive up to $3,000 in bonuses. At the same time, employees of new warehouses in these locations can receive an additional $100 bonus on the first day of work as long as they show proof that they have been vaccinated against the new crown pneumonia vaccine .
In addition, Amazon also provides other comprehensive benefits, including health, vision and dental insurance, and up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave. Amazon also promised to provide employees with opportunities to participate in various training programs.
Amazon is the second largest private employer in the United States, second only to Wal-Mart, which has approximately 1.6 million employees in the United States. The new recruitment plan will bring the total number of Amazon employees in the United States to more than 1 million.This does not include odd and contract workers working for Amazon Prime Express delivery operations.
Currently, Amazon is ambitiously preparing to roll out its business, which is why they need more employees. Amazon said this year that the company has opened more than 250 new distribution centers, airport hubs and other facilities in the United States. The company plans to open another 100 new facilities within one month in September. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Amazon said it has employed 450,000 workers across the United States.
In fact, Amazon has always struggled to recruit and retain the employees needed for its distribution center and warehouse operations. Employees are dissatisfied with working hour quotas, work injury rates, human resource system failures, epidemic prevention rules, and other issues. Resulting in a very high rate of attrition.
In response to the above question, Bozeman responded: "Our employees feel that they are safe. I myself always talk to employees. Amazon's working conditions are really good and our salary is high."
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