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Amazon to hire thousands of tech workers

May 1, 2018

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Amazon’s growth is nothing short of breathtaking. Although the company recently reported the layoffs of “several hundreds” of corporate employees, its growth in technology workers alone will soon be in the several thousands.

This follows — or perhaps the word ‘leads’ is more appropriate — a trend of retailers subtracting workers in traditional jobs and adding technology and engineering specialists. A recent study by LinkedIn showed the number of people identifying as retail associates in their profiles is down while software developer is the fastest growing job in retail. Walmart is cutting 1,000 corporate jobs, but adding more than 500 tech workers. Walgreens has said it is adding 300 tech jobs. Home Depot is planning to add more than 1,000 additional technology employees this year.

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