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Amazon Now Has More Than 341,000 Employees -- Added 110,000 People Last Year (geekwire.com)
Amazon added more than 110,000 employees during the past year, topping 341,000 people as of the end of 2016 thanks largely to a significant increase in the Seattle-based tech giant's network of fulfillment centers around the world and further expansion of its businesses in several overseas new markets. From a report: Amazon employed just 32,000 people globally five years ago. Amazon's net growth of more than 110,000 people during the past year almost rivals Microsoft's total employment of 120,000 people as of Dec. 31. That comparison of Microsoft and Amazon isn't apples-to-apples given the differences in their businesses, but it gives a sense of the scope of Amazon's employment base. Amazon employs about 40,000 people in Washington state, compared to 45,000 for Microsoft. Amazon doesn't show any signs of slowing down. The company said previously that it plans to add another 100,000 full-time jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months.
It will be interesting to see if Trump calls today's job report "fake news" as he often called it when Obama is in office.
Unfortunately, these jobs pay about like Walmart employee.
Jobs are good, but these trends in employment resonate on target with those who say we are the first generation in a long time who will not leave a better life for our children.
What do you expect after 8 years of trying to "remake our economy" in ways that make close-minded, sheltered, WHITE suburban "progressives" happy?
"Drive for $15"? So what if it makes minority workers with no skills because they come out of failed schools too expensive to compete in the labor market, thus locking them into a cycle of poverty? It makes sheltered white suburban "progressives" feel good about themselves.
"War on coal"? So what if it regressively makes electricity more expensive and disproportionately hurting the poor, it makes sheltered white suburban "progressives" feel good about themselves.
"Ban fracking!" So what if it regressively makes energy, food, and everything else more expensive and limits job growth for the growing US population, it makes sheltered white suburban "progressives" feel good about themselves.