Big but how big? Bigger than you can imagine. From NBC News:
Amazon now employs almost 1 million people in the U.S. — or 1 in every 169 workers
Amazon has revealed for the first time the number of people it employs in the U.S., putting the figure at 950,000, according to the e-commerce giant's quarterly earnings call on Thursday.
While the headcount was boosted by an additional 64,000 people hired in the second quarter, it does not include the thousands of contractors such as drivers whom Amazon depends on to run its Amazon Prime delivery operations.
The company's total employee count was shared in a lengthy press release, in a section titled “Investing in Employee Safety and Providing Good Jobs,” where Amazon revealed it has “introduced a new mental health benefit for all of its 950,000 U.S. employees, their families, and household members.”
Globally, the company employs 1.3 million people. It is the second largest employer in the U.S., behind Walmart, which currently employees nearly 1.6 million people in the U.S.
It is interesting that Walmart is even bigger. I shopped at both places yesterday - some groceries at Walmart and the sign at Amazon. Pure capitalism at work - what I want, where I want for a fair price. Done deal.
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