Exclusive: Amazon entices warehouse employees to grocery unit with higher pay

TECHNOLOGY NEWS MARCH 28, 2020 / 11:12 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is offering higher pay to recruit its own warehouse employees to pick and pack Whole Foods groceries amid rising demand and a worker shortage, according to an internal document reviewed by Reuters.

This move, known as labor sharing, highlights how the ecommerce giant is reallocating some of its vast workforce to handle a spike in online sales of groceries, as millions of American are stuck at home amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Amazon offers online grocery services through Amazon Fresh from its own grocery warehouses, and Amazon Prime Now, which delivers from its Whole Foods stores.

“The Prime Now business has seen a mass increase in volume and is now offering labor share opportunities,” Amazon said in a message sent to warehouse workers in Maryland, which was reviewed by Reuters. Workers in other states where Amazon operates grocery services have received similar communications, including California, Nevada, and Tennessee.

Reporting by Krystal Hu; editing by Vanessa O'Connell, Steve Orlofsky and Diane Craft

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-grocery-exc/exclusive-amazon-entices-warehouse-employees-to-grocery-unit-with-higher-pay-idUSKBN21F0NM

And lets not forget what this oligarchy did to the worker...........................during Christmas 2018................the time of giving..........................

https://www.inquisitr.com/5123205/amazon-cuts-christmas-bonus-for-warehouse-workers/