Amazon.com Inc said it expects to hire more than 70,000 full-time seasonal employees across its order fulfillment centers in the United States, a 40 percent increase from last year.<\/p>\n
Amazon, which has about 88,400 employees, said it has converted more than 7,000 temporary employees in the United States into full-time employees so far this year.<\/p>\n
“We’re looking forward to converting thousands more after this holiday season,” said Dave Clark, Amazon’s vice president of worldwide operations and customer service.<\/p>\n
Retailers typically hire seasonal employees in the weeks leading up to the holiday shopping season to work in stores and help in distribution and fulfilling online orders.<\/p>\n
Amazon said its seasonal employees are eligible for health care benefits.<\/p>\n
Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is spending billions of dollars on expansion, which has taken a toll on its earnings.<\/p>\n
It unveiled two new high-definition tablets last week with a unique on-screen helpdesk feature it hopes will give it an advantage over devices from rivals Apple Inc and Google Inc.<\/p>\n
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