Amazon said Monday it plans to hire 100,000 more part-time and full-time warehouse workers and delivery drivers in the US to help it manage the huge increase in online shopping during the novel coronavirus outbreak.
"We are seeing a significant increase in demand, which means our labor needs are unprecedented for this time of year," Dave Clark, Amazon's senior vice president of worldwide operations, said in a blog post.
The e-commerce giant said it plans to raise pay for these hourly employees in the US, Europe and Canada through April, which will cost the company over $350 million. In the US, pay is being raised by $2 an hour for employees paid $15 or more, with increases of 2 euros in Europe and £2 in England
