We need to proceed serving to clients throughout India get every thing they want, Amazon mentioned (File)
New Delhi: Amazon.com Inc’s India unit mentioned it could rent 50,000 short-term employees to satisfy a surge in on-line buying within the nation, the place clients have been caught indoors for 2 months in a lockdown to battle the coronavirus outbreak.
E-commerce companies confronted large disruption within the preliminary days of the lockdown in India, however a sluggish easing of the stringent rules has allowed them to renew giant elements of their operations.
“We want to continue helping customers all over India get everything they need so they can continue to practice social distancing,” Amazon senior govt Akhil Saxena mentioned in an announcement on the corporate’s weblog.
“The move will also keep as many people as possible working during this pandemic while providing a safe work environment for them,” mentioned Mr Saxena, Amazon’s VP for buyer success operations in APAC, MENA & Latam.
The short-term hires will work in Amazon’s success facilities and as a part of its supply community, the corporate mentioned, making the announcement at a time when varied different corporations within the nation have been pressured to chop jobs as they attempt to tide over the well being disaster. Amazon itself has pushed its annual international Prime Day occasion, historically a summer season affair, to September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
In India, the place the Jeff Bezos-led firm faces stiff competitors from Walmart Inc’s Flipkart, Amazon earlier mentioned it plans to create 1 million jobs by 2025. The firm additionally mentioned on Thursday it plans to enter the meals supply enterprise in India, pitting itself towards well-established startups resembling Swiggy and Zomato.
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