Amazon Is Hiring 100,000 Workers as Coronavirus Boosts E-Commerce

With people being urged to stay at home as much as possible during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has become an inadvertent beneficiary as e-commerce activity and online orders soar. The company announced this week that it would be hiring 100,000 new full- and part-time workers within fulfillment centers and its broader delivery network in order to "meet the surge in demand from people relying on Amazon's service during this stressful time, particularly those most vulnerable to being out in public."

Additionally, Amazon says it will also boost wages across different geographical regions through April, according to operations chief Dave Clark.

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