Amazon hires 6,000 full-time workers for distribution in US

Seattle-based leading e-commerce company Amazon is hiring 6,000 full-time workers for distributions across its 50 centers in the United States.

Zee Media Bureau

Seattle-based leading e-commerce company Amazon is hiring 6,000 full-time workers for distributions across its 50 centers in the United States. However, the company is not hiring in Utah.

According to report, Amazon, which has about 50,000 full-time workers at the centres, will hire distributors who will pick, pack and ship products to fulfill customer orders.

Amazon has been opening distribution centers across the country to speed up delivery times. Its $99 annual Prime membership service comes with free two-day delivery on many items.

At the end of 2014, Amazon had employed about 154,100 full-time and part-time workers in total.

Amazon in general has been expanding its Prime program's offerings in an effort to grow its membership with services such as grocery delivery, one-hour delivery in some cities, beefed up video streaming and the creation of a Bluetooth speaker called the Echo that syncs with Prime music.

With Agency Inputs

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