• Amazon hiring 100K workers to fill order surge during coronavirus outbreak

    Amazon hiring 100K workers to fill order surge during coronavirus outbreak

    Amazon on Monday announced plans to hire 100,000 new workers in the U.S. to keep up with a surge of orders from people confined to their homes during the coronavirus outbreak. The Seattle-based company said this weekend that a steep increase of orders is putting its operations under pressure. It warned shoppers that it could …