As the world faces the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, so too does the world’s largest retailer, Amazon. SEATTLE - Amazon said it plans to keep most of the U.S.
jobs it added since March to keep up with demand as many turned to online deliveries amid the coronavirus pandemic. The e-commerce giant said it will convert 125,000 of the 175,000 temporary roles to permanent jobs with benefits if employees would like to stay at Amazon long-term.
The company pays at least $15 an hour to its full-time workers. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Amazon’s announcement comes amid the Labor Department’s report showing roughly 2.1 million people applied for U.S.