Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. in Next 18 Months

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Bloomberg

Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. in Next 18 Months

by Molly Schuetz and Spencer Soper

?January? ?12?, ?2017? ?9?:?20? ?AM Updated on ?January? ?12?, ?2017? ?10?:?02? ?AM

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Amazons move could do less to help the U.S. economy than is immediately apparent. Research groups have argued that the company kills more jobs than it creates because it has disrupted the traditional retail industry. Critics also say tax breaks and other incentives that have helped fuel Amazons warehouse growth werent worth the investment because they create mostly low-wage jobs, many of them temporary.

Over the past five years, Amazon says it has created more than 150,000 jobs in the U.S., growing its workforce in the country to 180,000 at the end of last year. Amazon businesses like Marketplace and Amazon Flex will also create hundreds of thousands of jobs for people who want the flexibility to be an entrepreneur and set their own schedule, the Seattle-based company said.

Amazons new positions are for people all across the country and with all types of experience, education and skill levels -- from engineers and software developers to those seeking entry-level positions and on-the-job training, Amazon said. In addition to the fulfillment center positions, new hires will work on cloud technology, machine learning and advanced logistics, Amazon said.


Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-12/amazon-to-create-more-than-100-000-new-jobs-in-u-s-in-18-months

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[TBA]

1. "people who want the flexibility to be an entrepreneur and set their own schedule"

Means no benefits. With no ACA, who can do this?

[NWCorona]

11. This is the new normal of the underemployed

[Skittles]

17. it's the gig bullshit

[hatrack]

2. Will they be full-time jobs? Will Amazon provide health care? Will there be any benefits at all?

Nothing in the article said anything about the questions in my header.

My money's on lots of $10/hour contingent warehouse bullshit, with a few coding jobs tossed in.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. After selling on Amazon

and being stiffed by unscrupulous buyers, I won't buy or sell from them,
let alone work for them. Completely irrelevant in my mind.

[Paladin]

4. trump to take unwarrented credit for these jobs in 3...2...1... (nt)

[n2doc]

5. Why are you smearing Toles? n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. I'm not. Toles works for the WaPo, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who also heads Amazon.

So before "someone" takes credit for these jobs, he might want to think twice.

[guillaumeb]

7. Amazon and WalMart are doing their part to worsen life for the American workers. eom

[TheDebbieDee]

12. Wal-mart is now offering the same services as Ebay and Amazon

To vendors. I bought cap & glove sets from Wal-mart online to give as Xmas gifts. They arrived to me in the mail with a return address from a Mom&Pop shop in upstate NY.

[csziggy]

13. And WalMart provides for free shipping to the local stores

Recently I've bought a couple of things from WalMart online and had them delivered to the store. No shipping costs, no worries about items being stolen if delivered and left outside, and pretty convenient.

When possible from both Amazon and WalMart, if I find that the actual seller is a local store - even if not local to me - I try to contact the local store directly and buy direct from them rather than going through the big vendors. I've only had one bad experience doing that - through Amazon the items were listed with free shipping but the local store not only charged shipping, it was an exorbitant rate, more than what was quoted to me. The vendor did eventually refund part of the shipping but I was not happy at all.

While I would rather buy from a local vendor than from WalMart or Amazon, there are certain things that just cannot be found from local merchants - electronics for one.

[guillaumeb]

14. Amd WalMart takes its percentage also.

As both retailers drive out smaller competition.

[GusBob]

16. The biggest competetion to our mom and pop business

is wal mart and online sales....the beat us on price. we let them and never match their prices

we absolutely destroy them on service, quality and selection, and the personalities of our staff and employees

also when it comes to community service and volunteering into the community we beat them handily. sure they donate money ( well WM does) but we give money, time, man hours, product and more importantly a smiling friendly face

whenever a customer I know walks out of our business to shop there, I smile and say " Bye Mrs X! See ya at (whatever charity function I usually see them at) They always awkwardly hesitate at the door

[GusBob]

8. within one mile in all directions of where I am sitting

10 businesses that I know of have shuttered within the past year, all local small retailers. One bank, and one walk-in clinic which I found perplexing

I didn't count the restaurants, they are always coming and going

The only shops that are doing well seem to be doing well are second hand stores and thrift shops

[Grammy23]

9. In our town, seems like a new thrift store opens every week.

Not that there is anything wrong with thrift stores. Some of my best finds came from thrift stores! My husband bought a Coleman one burner stove (still in the box that appeared to be brand new) for five bucks at a thrift store. He looked it up (on Amazon!) and discovered it sold for $25. Plus tax and shipping. Score!

Not minimizing your comment, by the way.....loss of small businesses is a problem. I don't see that improving unless they morph into thrift stores.....

[GusBob]

15. Well Gram, the reason I know from thrift stores....

Lord, last week I got a full length mens wool winter coat, for 7 bucks....perfect condition!

[DeminPennswoods]

10. Local AM radio station news reported

that these are jobs associated with Amazon building more warehouses nationwide so they will be warehouse type jobs. I'll also note that the working class white Trump voters won't be qualified for the really high-paying tech jobs that might be opening.

OTOH, this is a great opportunity for SEIU and other unions to begin publicizing union membership benefits to prospective applicants.