Full time U.S. Operations staff who are employed by the company from December 1 to December 31 will qualify for a bonus of $300, while part-time employees will get $150.
“This brings our total spent on special bonuses and incentives for our teams globally to over $2.5 billion in 2020, including a $500 million thank you bonus earlier this year.
“Our teams are doing amazing work serving customers’ essential needs, while also helping to bring some much-needed holiday cheer for socially-distanced families around the world. I’ve never been more grateful for—or proud of—our teams.”
The company also said it was expecting a blowout holiday shopping period with revenues for the fourth quarter expected in the range of $112 billion to $121 billion.
In Germany, workers are striking for three days over the Black Friday trading period in a dispute linked to pay and conditions.
It comes as Amnesty International released a report accusing the online retailer of undermining attempts by workers to form labor unions.
As shown in the infographic below from Statista, Americans intend to spend even more this year via online purchases due to the restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
This article was updated to include an infographic.
