Amazon.com is raising the pay of its fulfillment and transportation staff in the United States by at least $1.50 an hour and handing out free Prime memberships as benefits, it said on Wednesday.

AMAZON.COM is raising the pay of its hourly warehouse workers by at least US$1.50 an hour and adding Prime memberships to their benefits. Read more at The Business Times.

Amazon.com Inc. is raising pay for fulfillment and transportation workers by $1.50 an hour starting this month, raising the base wage to more than $22 an hour, or $3,000 a year on average for full-time employees who work a 40-hour week.

The dates for this year's Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sale have been announced: October 8 and 9, 2024. The sale hasn't started yet, but there are already some great deals under $100 available at Amazon now.

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will host its Prime Day-like sales event, "Prime Big Deal Days," on October 8 and 9. Amazon will hold Big Deal Days in Japan later in October. It has also prepared a holiday gift guide.

Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale, dubbed October Prime Day, is coming back on October 8 and 9. Find out how to save big during the exclusive sale.

Laszlo Bock said Andy Jassy's drive to get Amazon workers in the office every day was a triumph of "traditional management over innovative management."

The tech behemoth's decision flies against standard industry procedure, leading many employees and strategy experts to express discontent.

Laszlo Bock, consultant and former Google senior executive, likened Andy Jassy’s demand that Amazon employees spend five days a week in the office to ordering the usual at a restaurant. Say the hamburger is your pick of choice at the regular joint and you all of a sudden go for the grilled chicken,