Amazon entices warehouse employees to grocery unit with higher pay | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN – News of Bahrain- DT News

Amazon entices warehouse employees to grocery unit with higher pay | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN – News of Bahrain- DT News

Amazon entices warehouse employees to grocery unit with higher pay. Amazon.com Inc is offering higher pay to recruit its own warehouse employees to pick and pack Whole Foods groceries amid rising demand and a worker shortage, according to an internal document reviewed.. Amazon offers online grocery services through Amazon Fresh from its own grocery warehouses, and Amazon Prime Now, which delivers from its Whole Foods stores. ". Amazon Fresh positions require working in a freezer environment, while a Prime Now shopper role entails picking and packing products for online orders in a Whole Foods store under tight time limits.. Amazon has been doubling down on the grocery industry since its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017.. It has expanded grocery delivery service to over 2,000 cities.. Free for Prime subscribers, AmazonFresh and Amazon Prime Now tout quick delivery within hours.. Grocery shoppers on Amazon have frequently seen items out of stock and delivery windows unavailable as the company struggles to meet the rising demand.. Grocery stores are competing for workers to fulfill online orders..