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Last year, Amazon hired 200,000 seasonal employees to handle the rush of orders during the fourth quarter. But this year, Amazon has already experienced holiday-like demand, reaping record sales, from shoppers turning to online ordering during the coronavirus pandemic.
Amazon added more than 175,000 workers during a hiring binge that began in March and later said it would keep on most of those recruits. The company followed that up last month with a pledge to hire 100,000 people for its logistics network.
In a blog post on Tuesday announcing its seasonal hiring, Amazon also said it had promoted some 35,000 employees in its operations group this year. The shares have surged more than 73% this year.
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