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BiggumsTimbleton t1_iu4h0d8 wrote

Reply to comment by Where_Da_BBWs_At in Amazon predicts sales growth slowdown for holidays, crushing shares by Adelu1219

What locations were they able to hire 800 in 3 months? The postal service has a starting pay of $18 and change for carriers and it's almost near impossible to hire people and keep them despite the benefits. (once they are career employees anyway)

Amazon can't be much more competitive than that so I'm assuming the only way they're able to get that many people is that they're in a dense area that's poor where they're able to take advantage. Unless if I'm missing something and someone else has more insight.

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Where_Da_BBWs_At t1_iu504sz wrote

This was one of their largest fulfillment centers in the nation in one of the largest industrial districts in the nation.

Amazon was able to find employees by paying considerably more than almost everybody else. But as every other place in the area raised their wages to retain staff, there has definitely been diminishing returns.

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