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Amazon to Add 100,000 Full-Time Jobs in the U.S.

posted by mrpg on Friday January 13 2017, @11:20AM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

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.

Also at CNN, and Amazon.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @12:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @12:01PM (#453246)

    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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @12:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @12:06PM (#453247)

    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

    by looorg (578) on Friday January 13 2017, @12:15PM (#453253)

    ... 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

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @12:38PM (#453260)

      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

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @02:16PM (#453305)

      Is that you Bender?