Amazon is gearing up for the holidays with a plan to hire 250,000 works across its U.S. fulfillment and delivery network .
The online commerce giant is hiring full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles, with positions being posted weekly through December. Amazon touted that regular full- and part-time employees earn an average of $23 per hour with benefits, and seasonal employees can earn an average wage of over $19 per hour.
The company said it would invest over $1 billion into additional pay and benefits for its fulfillment and transportation employees, bringing the average total compensation to more than $30 per hour when you include the value of their elected benefits.
"We find that our seasonal roles are really popular—often filling up within minutes of being posted—because they me