Amazon will hire 100k warehouse workers amid pandemic-driven surge in online shopping - GeekWire

You can never be too careful.

Today as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere* he made a stop at the GeekWire site. There our brave kitty boy found a post about Amazon.

According to the GeekWire post by Monica Nickelsburg, Amazon is on a hiring spree. The coronavirus has caused a lot of people worldwide to do their shopping online at Amazon. The company wasn't prepared for the influx of shoppers and is now hiring employees to catch up.The company plans to hire 100,000 workers worldwide. The company is also giving warehouse workers a $2.00 an hour raise while the buying frenzy continues. They've instituted a grant program for sick workers with Covid-19 too.

Panzer says, "Mom ordered some ear thingies for What's His Name's Bose headphones and they got here on time. Then she tried to order something from the Amazon Pantry store and finally gave up because they were out."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon workers


*Don't worry about Panzer traveling outside and being exposed to Covid-19. There is no virus in the Catosphere, so travel there as much as you want.