amazon plans to hire more than 100,000 this season, expecting high e-commerce sales
Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 12:53PM Amazon.com Inc. announced plans to increase hiring by 25% over last year’s holiday season, to 100,000 workers. Workers will be in Amazon’s 50 warehouses and 20 package sorting centers around the US. This is higher than United Parcel Service (UPS) plans to hire this holiday season. Amazon is responding to US Census Bureau reports that US e-commerce sales grew 14.1% in the second quarter, while brick and mortar retail increased 1% year over year.
Most retailers’ hiring is expected to remain flat. Target, Macy’s and Walmart announced they are holding their hiring steady. Walmart is looking to hire 60,000 workers this year and Target plans for 70,000 seasonal workers. Macy’s plans to hire 85,000. All are about the same as last year.
Source: The Wall St Journal