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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: 3, Insightful) by shrewdsheep on Friday January 13 2017, @06:16PM

    by shrewdsheep (5215) on Friday January 13 2017, @06:16PM (#453387)

    In terms of total jobs, new jobs at Amazon should not be cherished. A new job at Amazon means more than one job lost somewhere else.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @08:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @08:13PM (#453437)

    Agreed, a net loss. But not instantly, it takes awhile for the formerly-big retailers like Sears to lay everyone off as they go down, there is a phase delay or lag. Watch Trump do what any politician would do and play up the hiring, while ignoring the firing.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @09:27PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @09:27PM (#453467)

      I was considering submitting this a while[1] back.

      Macy’s, Sears [and Kmart] announce mass layoffs; hundreds of store closings across the US [wsws.org]

      US department stores Macy’s and Sears announced thousands of layoffs and hundreds of store closures on [January 4] following dismal holiday sales and declining yearly revenues.

      Macy’s said that it will eliminate more than 10,000 jobs and will move forward with the planned closure of 68 stores by the middle of this year. The closures are part of 100 announced in August, representing a loss of nearly 14 percent of the 730 stores operated by Macy’s in the US and its territories.
      [...]
      Sears Holdings also announced on Wednesday that it was planning to shutter 150 stores by April; 108 of its Kmart locations and 42 Sears stores. The closures represent 13.5 percent of the 801 Kmart locations remaining at the end of 2016 and 6 percent of the 676 remaining Sears locations.

      [1] Note that "a while" is 2 words.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @10:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @10:35PM (#453532)

    When you have a 62% participation rate in the economy something may be wrong. We were at nearly 70 in 2000. We have added 36 million people to the mix too.

    Your scenario only is typically only true if unemployment is under 2%. It is a buyers market right now. Ross Perot called it the giant sucking sound. Trump was right there with him saying the same thing. They both saw exactly how to exploit the system. They knew how and they both did!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @11:44PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @11:44PM (#453589)

      Are you talking about that tape with the Russian hookers? If not, sorry for the misunderstanding - how can subscribe to your newsletter?