ICYMI: Amazon is planning to hire 55,000 people for corporate and technology roles globally in the coming months, Chief Executive Andy Jassy told Reuters exclusively in his first press interview since starting the top job $AMZN
Jassy, in his first press interview since he ascended to Amazon’s top post in July, said the company needed more firepower to keep up with demand in retail, the cloud and advertising, among other businesses. He said the company's new bet to launch satellites into orbit to widen broadband access, calledWith Amazon's annual job fair scheduled to begin Sept. 15, Jassy hopes now is a good time for recruiting.
“Everybody at the company has the freedom - and really, the expectation - to critically look at how it can be better and then invent ways to make it better.”Amazon's Andy Jassy speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoThe positions Amazon is marketing include engineering, research science and robotics roles, postings that are largely new to the company rather than jobs others quit, it said.
Already the second-biggest private employer in the United States, Amazon brought on more than 500,000 people in 2020, largely in warehouse and delivery operations. That area has had significant turnover.
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