Published 06:58 IST, September 15th 2020

Amazon to hire 1 lakh employees in US, Canada to meet surge in lockdown shopping

The package offers a starting wage of $15 an hour and the new jobs include benefits and sign-on bonuses of as much as $1,000 in selected cities.

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Amazon is hiring 100,000 new full time and part time employees across United States and Cana. pack offers a starting w of $15 an hour and new jobs include benefits and sign-on bonuses of as much as $1,000 in selected cities. In an official statement, company said that employees will also get access to training programs. 

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Amazon benefits from COVID-19 lockdown

This comes as an dition to 33,000 corporate and techlogy employees that company hired last week. company said in a statement that it has plans to open 100 new operations buildings in September across fulfillment centers, delivery stations, sorting centers and or sites. Also, earlier in September, company anunced plans to d 7,000 permanent workers in United Kingdom. It has also me similar anuncements in Ireland and South Africa.

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During COVID-19 lockdown, online shopping services have become essential for many households. This has contributed to surge in company’s shares as re has been an increase of about 70 per cent, lifting its market value to $1.56 trillion. Since n, company has been ding jobs globally. According to July financial reports of company, it has increased numbers of full and part time employees by about 10 per cent to 876,800 in first 6 months of 2020. Also, company has spent a total of $4 billion in second quarter on Covid-19-related initiatives. This was done to keep its employees safe and provide m with ditional compensation.

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06:58 IST, September 15th 2020