Amazon to add 100,000 jobs as companies increasingly outsource fulfillment operations

Adam Allington Jan 16, 2017
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Amazon to add 100,000 jobs as companies increasingly outsource fulfillment operations

Adam Allington Jan 16, 2017
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Amazon has announced plans to add more than 100,000 full-time jobs over the next 18 months.

The news comes as U.S. companies try to burnish their credentials as a job-creator — a priority of the incoming Trump administration. Amazon’s growth isn’t a complete surprise, however, for a company expanding into so many different product categories.

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