Posted on 02/12/2014 7:09:37 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Amazon.com Inc. and The Home Depot Inc., both giants in their respective retail fields, are heralding the arrival of spring with major hiring surges.
E-commerce king Amazon said it will take on more than 2,500 full-time workers in several states as the company’s stable of fulfillment centers expands.
The employees will be hired to pick, pack and ship customer orders at facilities in Virginia, Kansas, South Carolina, Washington and Tennessee.
The online retailer said it hired more than 20,000 fulfillment center workers last year and that the median pay at the sites is 30% higher than the pay at traditional retail jobs.
Amazon has plans to open its fourth California fulfillment center in Moreno Valley sometime this year.
The 12-million-square-foot facility is to be staffed with more than 1,000 full-time workers.
Home Depot said Wednesday that it will ramp up hiring, bringing more than 80,000 spring workers on board for its busiest selling season.
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“seasonal positions”
Part time and temporary depending on how busy they are.
OK
Hubby calls ahead of time to see if his "girlfriend" is working. If she's not there, he hollers at them that the men don't know a thing and refuses to go until her shift.
It's nothing but the ebb and flow of seasonal workers. After the first of the year and Christmas, businesses have always laid off workers. There's bad press for a few months. Come spring and summer, there are new hires and everyone is happy. The fall equals another wave of lay offs. Rinse and repeat.
Just gearing up to dig into the money from income tax refunds.
Stand on your feet all day just to find out the dept. manager is not pleased. Oh well, they pay ‘em a paycheck, but no wonder many people are not happy in life.
Tis only for a season...
“I guess with the coming spring, people are expected to make home improvements.”
It seems people in my area have stopped investing any significant sums in their homes because they no longer believe they will recover the costs when they sell them; years ago you could notice the added value quickly.
I didn’t have much choice and the $1800 it cost me is still hurting.
The people I bought the house from had installed a big 5x5 picture window that leaked and was rotting the framing and floor under it.
I understand; at this point that is the only type of work getting done. Discretionary projects, like discretionary income, are a thing of the past in many regions.
What is really sad about reading this is I have a friend that had his hours cut to part-time, lost his health insurance and now can’t afford 3 of his prescriptions....and he works for Home Depot.
Hiring 80,000 part time employees? Sad, sad, sad.
Never heard of someone getting their hours “cut to part time”. You are either hired as part time (usual) or full time (rare) or hired as part time and “promoted” to full time (also fairly rare, but it happens). If you are full time then you are guaranteed 40 hours.
HD hires tons of folk every spring. They hire 80,000 with the idea that 40,000-60,000 will make it through orientation (so about an extra 20-30 people per operating unit). Most of them will not be watering plants or any knowledge intensive job. They will likely be cashiers and loaders.
My HD has about 20 long term associates who have been there since the beginning. It’s unfortunate that some of you have received less than exemplary service, but HD has to compete in the market, so they pay less now (the Wal-Mart model) and have less help available.
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