Amazon Is Hiring Even More People to Meet Surging Online Demand

Last month, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) said it was hiring an additional 100,000 employees, because the coronavirus pandemic has created a surge in online demand as consumers order stuff from the safety of their homes. One side effect of the crisis is that the decadeslong shift to e-commerce is now accelerating. E-commerce represented just 11% of retail sales in 2019 in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, so that proportion has considerable upside.

With many states still enforcing lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, Amazon needs even more workers for its core e-commerce operations.

Amazon needs even more help to meet e-commerce demand. Image source: Amazon.

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