Amazon is hiring 100,000 workers during coronavirus pandemic
Amazon is looking to hire 100,000 new warehouse and delivery workers to “support people relying on Amazon’s service in this stressful time”, the company announced on Monday, thereby confirming that, as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it will continue delivering critical supplies. To compensate its workers who are willing to work outside the home - especially at a time when the CDC, WHO, and Trump administration are all advising people to stay inside, separate, and avoid gatherings of 10 or more people - Amazon promised to increase the hourly pay of workers employed in these positions by an additional $2 per hour in the US (€2 in many EU countries) through April....