Amazon to Retain Many of the Employees it Hired During the Pandemic
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) intends to keep the majority of the 175,000 employees it brought on during the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported.
The e-commerce giant said 125,000 warehouse workers, or around 70% of those it hired to meet demand during the pandemic, will be offered permanent jobs, while 50,000 will be offered seasonal contracts that can run as long as 11 months. The permanent workers get access to benefits including healthcare and retirement savings plans. The seasonal workers don't.
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