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Amazon Is Hiring and Expanding Its Offices: Inside the Tech Giant’s Strategy – The Wall Street Journal
Amazon . com Inc., already one of the world’s largest companies, has hired at a brisk pace even amid the great economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Like other retailers, Amazon encountered an unprecedented wave of orders after lockdowns pushed millions more people toward online shopping, a trend many expect to continue. Retailers like…
Amazon . com Inc., already one of the world’s largest companies, has hired at a brisk pace even amid the great economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Like other retailers, Amazon encountered an unprecedented wave of orders after lockdowns pushed millions more people toward online shopping, a trend many expect to continue. Retailers like Walmart Inc. and Target Corp., as well as e-commerce companies such as Instacart Inc., also saw immense growth online and hired hundreds of thousands of workers.
But the tech giant’s hiring spree has continued even after the initial coronavirus wave. In August and September, Amazon has announced plans to hire 20,000 people in seven cities across the U.S. and in the U.K.
The Seattle-based company has said it still views office spaces in prime city locations as important to its future and is laying the groundwork for its employees to return to the office. It is allowing staff who can work from home to do so until Jan. 8.
Amazon’s perspective on the value of being in the office is in contrast to other companies such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. that have embraced virtual work and suggested it will last long after the pandemic subsides.
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