Amazon is planning to offer permanent roles to 70% of the 175,000 temporary workers the company brought on to deal with surging demand driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
The company confirmed its long-term hiring plans to Reuters.
In June, Amazon will invite 125,000 warehouse and logistics workers to stay on with the company, opening up benefits that are not available to seasonal employees.
Amazon has been hiring aggressively over the past few weeks as customers isolating at home turn to online shopping for items they need. The shift of new hires to longterm positions suggests Amazon expects the demand spike to continue.
