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Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15 to quiet critics
Amazon's median salary is $28,446, well below other tech giants.
"We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead," Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said in a statement.
The new minimum wage will take effect Nov. 1 and apply to all full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary employees, including those hired by agencies. The new wage will benefit more than 250,000 Amazon employees, plus over 100,000 seasonal employees who will be hired for the holidays. All hour operations and customer service employees will see an increase, even if they already receive $15. Amazon employs over 575,000 people worldwide.
Amazon on Tuesday also raised its minimum wage in the UK to £9.50 and £10.50 in London, effective Nov. 1.
Amazon and Bezos this year have been criticized repeatedly for the wages Amazon pays warehouse workers, who make up the bulk of Amazon's workforce. That's happened while the e-commerce giant's market value has surged to just under $1 trillion and Bezos has become the world's richest person.
https://www.cnet.com/news/responding-to-critics-amazon-raises-its-minimum-wage-to-15/
Amazon's median salary is $28,446, well below other tech giants.
"We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead," Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said in a statement.
The new minimum wage will take effect Nov. 1 and apply to all full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary employees, including those hired by agencies. The new wage will benefit more than 250,000 Amazon employees, plus over 100,000 seasonal employees who will be hired for the holidays. All hour operations and customer service employees will see an increase, even if they already receive $15. Amazon employs over 575,000 people worldwide.
Amazon on Tuesday also raised its minimum wage in the UK to £9.50 and £10.50 in London, effective Nov. 1.
Amazon and Bezos this year have been criticized repeatedly for the wages Amazon pays warehouse workers, who make up the bulk of Amazon's workforce. That's happened while the e-commerce giant's market value has surged to just under $1 trillion and Bezos has become the world's richest person.
https://www.cnet.com/news/responding-to-critics-amazon-raises-its-minimum-wage-to-15/