Amazon Hiring For 1,500 Seasonal Jobs In Massachusetts, Offering Sign-On Bonuses Up To $3,000
BOSTON (CBS) -- Amazon announced Monday it is hiring for 150,000 seasonal positions across the United States, including about 1,500 jobs in Massachusetts.
CBS News reports that's a bigger holiday goal than last year, when the company sought to add 100,000 temporary workers.
Amazon says the positions have an average starting pay of $18 per hour and sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000 are being offered.
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Amazon has increased pay and benefits amid the ongoing worker shortage, CBS News reports.
"We're spending a lot of money on signing and incentives," Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky told an analysts call in July. "And while we have very good staffing levels, it's not without a cost. It's a very competitive labor market out there, and certainly, the biggest contributor to inflationary pressures that we're seeing in the business."
