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Amazon hiring 100,000 warehouse workers amid coronavirus boom
In addition to creating new full-time and part-time positions to handle the crush, Amazon said it is increasing wages for warehouse workers across the board from a minimum of $15 to a floor of $17, with similar raises in other regions ("C$2 in Canada, £2 per hour in the UK, and approximately €2 per hour in many EU countries"). That increase, however, is currently only guaranteed through the end of April and may not necessarily become permanent.
Seriously. If you know anyone laid off because of C-19, let them know about this.
My daughter works at Taco Bell. They are strictly drive-thru now. She is worried about layoffs and that they will probably lay off kids who live with their parents, which makes sense.
But other laid off low-wage workers who are not living with their parents are going to be really struggling in the coming months.
In addition to creating new full-time and part-time positions to handle the crush, Amazon said it is increasing wages for warehouse workers across the board from a minimum of $15 to a floor of $17, with similar raises in other regions ("C$2 in Canada, £2 per hour in the UK, and approximately €2 per hour in many EU countries"). That increase, however, is currently only guaranteed through the end of April and may not necessarily become permanent.
Seriously. If you know anyone laid off because of C-19, let them know about this.
My daughter works at Taco Bell. They are strictly drive-thru now. She is worried about layoffs and that they will probably lay off kids who live with their parents, which makes sense.
But other laid off low-wage workers who are not living with their parents are going to be really struggling in the coming months.