Amazon to Hire 50,000 Temp Workers in India as Lockdown Boosts Demand

Amazon to Hire 50,000 Temp Workers in India as Lockdown Boosts Demand
Signage at an Amazon facility in Bethpage on Long Island, N.Y., on March 17, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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BENGALURU—Amazon.com Inc’s India unit said it would hire 50,000 temporary workers to meet a surge in online shopping in the country, where customers have been stuck indoors for two months in a lockdown to fight the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak.

E-commerce firms faced massive disruption in the initial days of the lockdown in India, but a slow easing of the stringent regulations has allowed them to resume large parts of their operations.