"Amazon's is planning to hire 250,000 seasonal workers for the 2025 holiday season, which many see as an indication that the company is anticipating a big retail demand. It could even provide a potential boost to fourth-quarter GDP numbers. There is some concern, however, that this surge in hiring may be short-lived due to accelerating automation trends. Many believe that Amazon's seasonal hiring figures will shrink in the coming years as automation scales, especially in repetitive fulfillment roles."
"Douglas McIntyre: Lee, I'm heartened by the fact that Amazon is going to add the quarter of a million, you know, extra employees. I know it's for the holidays and they aren't permanent jobs, but, you know, that's still a lot of people to add and if you had to say who's good at predicting retail sales, it's Amazon. Lee Jackson: Oh, absolutely. Sure."
Amazon plans to hire 250,000 seasonal workers for the 2025 holiday season. Many interpret the hiring surge as an indication of strong anticipated retail demand and a potential boost to fourth-quarter GDP. Retailers commonly treat holiday staffing increases as a bellwether for year-end sales performance. There is concern that the spike in seasonal employment could be short-lived as automation accelerates in fulfillment operations. Observers expect seasonal hiring numbers to decline in coming years as robotic and AI systems scale. Tracking year-over-year hiring trends at Amazon could reveal the pace of robotic workforce adoption and indicate how short-term retail job growth may be affected.
Read at 24/7 Wall St.
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]