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Amazon offers 125,000 full-time jobs to seasonal employees amid Covid-19

Amazon offers 125,000 full-time jobs to seasonal employees amid Covid-19

Amazon has planned to offer permanent jobs to 125,000 of the seasonal workers hired to handle surging use of its online shopping service due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

The company has expanded its workforce with 175,000 new positions in March to help provide for the communities and keep as many people as possible working during the crises.

 

"Like other companies, we hired these individuals for seasonal roles to meet a surge in demand and, for many, there was the hope of returning back to their previous companies once states began to re-open" Amazon wrote in a blog post.

 

"As the long-term picture becomes more clear, we’re providing the opportunity for 125,000 of those who came on with us seasonally to stay with Amazon and transition into a regular, full-time role beginning in June. Some may choose to return to their previous job and others may choose to stay at Amazon in seasonal or part-time roles."

 

Amazon pays at least $15 per hour to its 600,000-strong workforce. Earlier, the e-commerce giant had announced to invest nearly $4 billion to keep its workers safe.

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