Amazon Joins UPS In Raising Hourly Pay As Worker Compensation Trends Upward
Amazon Joins UPS In Raising Hourly Pay As Worker Compensation Trends Upward
"This is an increase of $3,000 a year on average for full-time employees who work a 40-hour week," he wrote.Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has raised the pay for hourly workers at its U.S. fulfillment centers and transportation operations, the retail giant announced on Wednesday.
亞馬遜公司（納斯達克：AMZN）週三宣佈，將提高美國配送中心和運輸業務的小時工工資。
"Earlier today, I visited one of our sites near Salt Lake City to share some news with our teammates there—that we're making a significant new investment in pay and benefits for the hourly front-line employees across our fulfillment and transportation network," Udit Madan, vice president of Amazon Worldwide Operations, wrote in the company's newsletter.
亞馬遜全球運營副總裁烏迪特·馬丹在公司的通訊中寫道：「今天早些時候，我來到鹽湖城附近的一個站點與我們的團隊分享一些好消息——我們正在爲我們的配送和運輸網絡中的小時工前線員工進行重大的工資和福利投資。」
He said Amazon's front-line team will receive an hourly pay raise of $1.50 starting this month to bring the average base wage to $22 per hour. This will bring average total compensation, which includes benefits, to $29 per hour, he said.
他說，亞馬遜的前線團隊將從本月起每小時加薪1.50美元，將平均底薪提高到22美元/小時。他說，這將使平均總薪酬（包括福利）達到29美元/小時。
"This is an increase of $3,000 a year on average for full-time employees who work a 40-hour week," he wrote.
他寫道：「對於每週工作40小時的全職員工來說，這平均增加了3000美元/年。」
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"And as one of the largest private employers in the country (we now have more than 800,000 people in these roles across the U.S.), this pay increase equals a total investment of more than $2.2 billion in our team."
他寫道：「作爲全國最大的私營僱主之一（我們現在在美國擁有超過80萬人承擔這些角色），這次工資增長相當於我們團隊中的一項超過2.2億美元的總投資。」
Amazon's benefits include pre-paid college tuition, flexible working hours, a Prime membership, health insurance from the first day on the job and dental coverage.
亞馬遜的福利包括預付學費、靈活的工作時間、Prime會員資格、入職第一天就有的醫療保險和牙科福利。
"As I told the team this morning, this is just one way to say thank you for all they do," Madan wrote.
他寫道：「正如我今天早上告訴團隊的，這僅僅是爲了感謝他們所做的一種方式。」
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (NYSE:MSFT) and Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) offer six-figure salaries for managers and engineers.
蘋果公司（納斯達克：AAPL），微軟公司（紐交所：MSFT）和由Alphabet Inc.（納斯達克：GOOG）（納斯達克：GOOGL）所有的谷歌公司，爲經理和工程師提供六位數的薪水。
Just over a year ago, the United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) and the Teamsters Union ratified a five-year contract that ensures $170,000 per year for drivers over the next five years.
一年多以前，聯合包裹服務公司（紐交所：UPS）和Teamsters工會批准了一份爲未來五年司機提供每年17萬美元的合同。
Price Action: Amazon gained 0.1% to $187.11 at the time of publication Wednesday.
價格走勢：亞馬遜在週三發佈時上漲0.1%，達到187.11美元。
Exchange-traded funds that hold the stock also trended upward.
持有該股票的ETF也呈上漲趨勢。
- ProShares Online Retail ETF (NYSE:ONLN) gained 1.32%.
- Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF (NYSE:FDIS) rose 0.72%.
- Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSE:VCR) went up 0.81%.
- Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLY) gained 0.67%.
- ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF (NYSE:CLIX) ticked up 0.68%.
- ProShares在線零售ETF（紐交所：ONLN）上漲1.32%。
- 富達MSCI非必需消費類指數ETF（紐交所：FDIS）上漲0.72%。
- Vanguard週期性消費品ETF（紐交所：VCR）上漲0.81%。
- 非必需消費類選擇性SPDR基金（紐交所：XLY）上漲0.67%。
- ProShares長線在線/短線商店交易所交易基金（紐交所:CLIX）上漲0.68%。
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