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Amazon has announced that it will create 100,000 new full-time jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months, mostly in warehouses (fulfillment centers) and call centers. Many of the jobs will be added in Texas, California, Florida, New Jersey, among other states:
Amazon has quickly ramped up its workforce over the last few years, as it pushes to open up more fulfillment centers to get packages out to its customers more quickly. In 2011, Amazon had 30,000 full-time employees in the U.S. At the end of last year, it employed 180,000 people. [...] Amazon has seen "tremendous" demand for their retail service as well as a fast-growing cloud business, says Edward Jones analyst Josh Olson on why Amazon is hungry for more workers. Amazon is increasingly emphasizing convenience of its retail service, such as Same-Day Delivery options, as its edge on pricing dulls with the introduction of state sales taxes.
President-elect Trump's incoming press secretary Sean Spicer helped his boss to take credit for the news:
"The president-elect met with heads of several of the tech companies and urged them to keep their jobs and production inside the United States," spokesman Sean Spicer said in his opening remarks in a press call on Thursday.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @11:57AM
> mind numbing jobs which should be done by robots.
Are you saying they are perfect for Trump supporters?
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @12:01PM
You make an intriguing point, that some humans might not find such jobs to be mind numbing. We need equal rights for smart robots and dumb humans to work together side by side.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @12:06PM
AC here, I was actually trying to make a joke...but I like your interpretation better!
(Score: 2) by looorg on Friday January 13 2017, @12:15PM
... We need equal rights for smart robots and dumb humans to work together side by side.
So we need to learn or program the robots to be less efficient and slack off more?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @12:38PM
As a robosexual I want to date a robot who has time for me outside of work.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @02:16PM
Is that you Bender?
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by Gaaark on Friday January 13 2017, @06:57PM
It seems that a robot could have done as bad a job as Hillary did and is doing now:
1. two robots marry. one who doesn't like people and is a robot in person, the other who likes to put stains on dresses and make COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE tarmac meetings.
2. completely fuck up your election after stealing the leadership from the person who deserved it, but you and your robot friends fucked him bad.
3. lose the election and show ABSOLUTELY ZERO LEADERSHIP SKILLS BY COMPLETELY ABANDONING YOUR PARTY AND GOING INTO HIDING, leaving the robot you and your friends fucked to do the press run, trying not to answer questions like "would you have won if Hillary hadn't fucked you over?".
I mean, COMPLETELY DISAPPEARING! Where is she? Was Hill-bot recommissioned as a toilet?
Yep, Hillary the great presidential candidate fucks up completely and disappears. GOOD LEADERSHIP SKILLS THERE, HILL!
Trump may be an ass, but Hillary is a complete and utterly useless person who deserves the loser of the year award for this century, in my 'humble' opinion.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @10:25PM
Didn't you know, she's been busy painting portraits of Putin and cute puppies!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 14 2017, @12:47AM
re 2/ He did not deserve it. It was her turn!!
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday January 14 2017, @03:13AM
Her turn to lose badly??? ;)
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 14 2017, @01:16PM
Did you really want Hillary sticking around? It's just a shame she didn't disappear before the primaries.