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- The company announced Tuesday it plans to hire 125,000 warehouse and logistics workers in the U.S.
- Amazon said the newly announced jobs offer an average starting wage of more than $18 an hour.
Tech giant Amazon is ramping up hiring and boosting hourly starting pay as the company plans to open more than 100 logistics facilities across the country this month alone.
The company announced Tuesday it plans to hire 125,000 warehouse and logistics workers in the U.S. on top of the 40,000 corporate and technology jobs it began hiring for earlier this month.
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Amazon said the newly announced jobs offer an average starting wage of more than $18 an hour, a significant jump from the company’s $15 minimum wage, with some wages up to $22.50 an hour in certain areas. Some positions include sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000, and the company boasted its program to cover the cost of tuition and books for front-line employees.
“We are proud to offer opportunities for people from a range of backgrounds, from furloughed workers to former military personnel,” Dave Clark, CEO of Worldwide Consumer at Amazon, said.
“We take our responsibility as an employer seriously and want our employees to succeed and thrive,” Clark said.
The move comes ahead of the holiday season and as employers struggle to find workers in a tight labor market. U.S. job vacancies hit a record high in July, with approximately 10.9 million unfilled positions available.
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