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Amazon to hire 250,000 seasonal workers for holiday peak

Positions include full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles across the company’s U.S. customer fulfillment and transportation operations.

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By DC Velocity StaffOct 07, 2024
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E-commerce giant Amazon is in the process of hiring 250,000 people across the U.S. as it heads into the holiday season, saying it will pay all seasonal employees at least $18 per hour and provide full-time hires with health care from the first day on the job.

The positions include full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles across the company’s customer fulfillment and transportation operations in the U.S., according to a blog post by Sandy Gordon, Amazon’s vice president, Global Operations Employee Experience.

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