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200k people applied for jobs at Amazon in a single week

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Post by onetimemanytime » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 7:53 AM UTC

200k people applied for jobs at Amazon in a single week
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Post by domnomnom » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:00 AM UTC

For 30k open positions

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Post by rokalakt » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:01 AM UTC

domnomnom wrote: post #2

For 30k open positions

Less than 4 applicants per seat. Pretty low.

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Post by onion2k » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:08 AM UTC

rokalakt wrote: post #3

domnomnom wrote: post #2

For 30k open positions

Less than 4 applicants per seat. Pretty low.

It probably isn't distributed like that though.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:11 AM UTC

rokalakt wrote: post #3

domnomnom wrote: post #2

For 30k open positions

Less than 4 applicants per seat. Pretty low.

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Post by hon3ybadg3r » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:16 AM UTC

Looks to me like Oktoberfest!

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Post by peter303 » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:18 AM UTC

There are people who prefer seasonal work. Maybe Xmas and summer gigs with rest of year off. Read the book Nomadland for details.

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Post by gberger » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:23 AM UTC

rokalakt wrote: post #3

domnomnom wrote: post #2

For 30k open positions

Less than 4 applicants per seat. Pretty low.

Huh? 200,000 / 30,000 = 6.667

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Post by rokalakt » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:27 AM UTC

gberger wrote: post #8

rokalakt wrote: post #3

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Less than 4 applicants per seat. Pretty low.

Huh? 200,000 / 30,000 = 6.667

Touche, 6.333. Still a low number of applicants per seat.

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Post by C1sc0cat » Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 9:31 AM UTC

peter303 wrote: post #7

There are people who prefer seasonal work. Maybe Xmas and summer gigs with rest of year off. Read the book Nomadland for details.

That's what I thought, I live near one of the Big Amazon distribution centres in the UK and adds for Amazon Christmas workers are all over the Busses and billboards at this time of year.

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