Amazon to Hire 250,000 Workers , and Increase Pay Amid Holidays.
On Sept. 19, Amazon announced that it will hire 250,000 people to keep up with the holiday rush, CNBC reports.
That number is significantly
more than the 150,000 workers the
company said it would hire last year. .
This year, seasonal, part-time and full-time warehouse and delivery positions will be available. .
Hourly wages will be between $17 and $28.
Some locations will offer
sign-on bonuses up to $3,000.
Current warehouse and delivery
workers will receive $20.50 an hour.
Amazon announced the increase in wages last week at a conference for "its contracted delivery partner program," CNBC reports. .
The increase in driver wages will
stem from a $440 million investment
into the third-party delivery program.
This is going directly to DSPs, so that they
can offer competitive pay to their employees,
and build and retain great teams, Beryl Tomay, Amazon’s vice president of
last mile delivery and technology, via CNBC.
After Walmart, Amazon is the
second-largest employer in America.
After Walmart, Amazon is the
second-largest employer in America