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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: 2) by GungnirSniper on Friday January 13 2017, @08:12PM
Amazon would simply move to another location. You'd have to unionize their entire system overnight to avoid that, and no doubt some tattletale will spill the beans ahead of the vote.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @11:28PM
Maybe they have already squeezed out the competition, but I don't find *anything* on Amazon that is a compelling price.
Specifically trumpet mouthpieces, their prices are full retail price + full shipping costs. Woo, not very excited. On eBay there's still a few items that are real 2nd-hand sales (i.e. not full retail price - $1). But the 2nd-hand market it getting inflated. A few years ago you could pick up a used piece for $10 and sell it on for about the same price after trying it out for a few weeks. Now, most of the sellers have Buy It Now and 28 day listings. I can't help but wonder if it's the manufacturers buying up the used equipment and creating artificial scarcity.
Anyway, back to Amazon. Yeah, no.