Amazon to add 100,000 jobs as companies increasingly outsource fulfillment operations
Amazon to add 100,000 jobs as companies increasingly outsource fulfillment operations
Amazon has announced plans to add more than 100,000 full-time jobs over the next 18 months.
The news comes as U.S. companies try to burnish their credentials as a job-creator — a priority of the incoming Trump administration. Amazon’s growth isn’t a complete surprise, however, for a company expanding into so many different product categories.
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