Amazon hiring 100,000 new distribution workers to keep up with online shopping surge....

[George II]

Source: CNN

Amazon hiring 100,000 new distribution workers to keep up with online shopping surge caused by coronavirus

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business

Updated 10:20 AM ET, Tue March 17, 2020

New York (CNN Business)Amazon says the coronavirus outbreak has caused a surge in online shopping, and now the online giant is adding 100,000 new full-time and part-time positions across the United States to keep up with the demand.

The jobs will be Amazon's fulfillment centers and its delivery network.

"We are seeing a significant increase in demand, which means our labor needs are unprecedented for this time of year," Amazon (AMZN) said in a blog post Monday.

On Saturday, the company said customers could experience more extended delivery times than usual because of the high volume of orders as coronavirus spreads. The number of cases in the United States surpassed 4,000 on Monday.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/tech/amazon-shipping-coronavirus/index.html

[Throck]

1. What is it like to work for Amazon?

[jb5150]

4. According to a relative who worked at one of their facilities ....

backbreaking and demoralizing.

[dalton99a]

5. By all accounts, humans are tolerated until replaced by robots

Bezos didn't get rich by being decent to employees

[IronLionZion]

7. I had a Lyft driver who claimed it sucked pretty bad

and that's why he and his friends switched to driving for rideshares instead of the heavy lifting, packaging, and other warehouse jobs for Amazon. It sounds like they have high turnover but if jobs are tight, laid off people will be applying.

[DarthDem]

2. I just read this as well

I found it comforting. The notice at Amazon's site said that those experiencing adverse employment effects from the virus-related situation should be encouraged to apply.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Heard an ad for this on my local news radio station yesterday.

The ad was encouraging people to start up their own "delivery" companies to contract to Amazon Logistics.

[treestar]

6. Hopefully some relief for those

put out of work by the virus!

[marble falls]

8. Jeff Bezos is a crisis profiteer.

[Nailzberg]

9. In the post-corona world, we will all work for Amazon

Better get in your applications now and hope for a chance to advance in your new Amazon worklife.

[RealityChik]

11. That's not worklife...

Working there is hell on earth!

[RealityChik]

10. Bezos is a cruel greed-monger...

My daughter worked at the corporate office as a Senior UI/UX Lead Developer and only lasted about a year. Was literally traumatized by her employment there, especially after trying to defend members of her team who were being let go for no apparent reason.

So it's not only the warehouse workers being abused! At corporate, the average worker barely makes it 2years. The culture is toxic. Lots of under-performing sycophants. And never go to personnel to file a complaint. Quickest way to get booted out the door.