NEW YORK: Amazon said it plans to add 250,000 U.S. workers for the holiday shopping season, up 67% from the number of people it hired in the past two years, as it works to expand next-day delivery to shoppers expand.
Amazon’s plans are in stark contrast to other U.S. retailers, which say they will hire fewer people in stores and warehouses this year amid expectations for lower consumer spending in 2023. Forecasters expect holiday sales to halve from last year’s, due to concerns about higher prices.
According to researcher Challenger, Gray and Christmas, seasonal hiring is expected to fall to the lowest level since 2008, due to higher costs and weak consumer confidence.
Goal on Tuesday said it would hire 100,000 workers for the holiday shopping season, steady year over year. Target also plans to offer discounts in October.
Macy’s said it would hire more than 38,000 full- and part-time employees for the upcoming holiday season, down from the previous year.
US retail giant Walmart has not yet announced any holiday rental plans. However, in 2022 it hired 40,000 seasonal workers.
Amazon’s hiring surge comes as it added 50 new fulfillment centers, delivery stations and same-day delivery services across the United States, and as it prepares for its expanded fall Prime Eventscheduled for October 10-11.
During Amazon’s Prime Event, the e-commerce giant is encouraging its sellers to offer discounts, a strategy that could prompt some frugal shoppers to open their wallets and splurge on gifts well before the Black Friday and Cyber shopping days. Monday.
Amazon’s seasonal hires include full-time, part-time and seasonal employees, the company said.
New seasonal workers hired to pick, sort, pack and ship orders will receive a sign-on bonus between $1,000 and $3,000 at certain locations, compared to employees who received a $3,000 bonus at some locations in 2022 and 2021.
Amazon said it will pay its seasonal workers an average of $17 to $28 per hour, depending on their job and location, up from the $19 hourly workers it offered last year.
The Seattle-based e-retailer said it will invest $1.3 billion in pay increases for fulfillment and transportation workers this year.
“A fulfillment or transportation worker who starts with us today will see a 13% pay increase over the next three years – likely more, including our annual payroll investments,” John Felton, Amazon’s senior vice president of global operations, said in a statement . .
Amazon laid off 27,000 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, across its advertising, cloud computing and human resources departments earlier this year, following a series of tech layoffs.
Amazon’s plans are in stark contrast to other U.S. retailers, which say they will hire fewer people in stores and warehouses this year amid expectations for lower consumer spending in 2023. Forecasters expect holiday sales to halve from last year’s, due to concerns about higher prices.
According to researcher Challenger, Gray and Christmas, seasonal hiring is expected to fall to the lowest level since 2008, due to higher costs and weak consumer confidence.
Goal on Tuesday said it would hire 100,000 workers for the holiday shopping season, steady year over year. Target also plans to offer discounts in October.
Macy’s said it would hire more than 38,000 full- and part-time employees for the upcoming holiday season, down from the previous year.
US retail giant Walmart has not yet announced any holiday rental plans. However, in 2022 it hired 40,000 seasonal workers.
Amazon’s hiring surge comes as it added 50 new fulfillment centers, delivery stations and same-day delivery services across the United States, and as it prepares for its expanded fall Prime Eventscheduled for October 10-11.
During Amazon’s Prime Event, the e-commerce giant is encouraging its sellers to offer discounts, a strategy that could prompt some frugal shoppers to open their wallets and splurge on gifts well before the Black Friday and Cyber shopping days. Monday.
Amazon’s seasonal hires include full-time, part-time and seasonal employees, the company said.
New seasonal workers hired to pick, sort, pack and ship orders will receive a sign-on bonus between $1,000 and $3,000 at certain locations, compared to employees who received a $3,000 bonus at some locations in 2022 and 2021.
Amazon said it will pay its seasonal workers an average of $17 to $28 per hour, depending on their job and location, up from the $19 hourly workers it offered last year.
The Seattle-based e-retailer said it will invest $1.3 billion in pay increases for fulfillment and transportation workers this year.
“A fulfillment or transportation worker who starts with us today will see a 13% pay increase over the next three years – likely more, including our annual payroll investments,” John Felton, Amazon’s senior vice president of global operations, said in a statement . .
Amazon laid off 27,000 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, across its advertising, cloud computing and human resources departments earlier this year, following a series of tech layoffs.
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