{"id":719,"date":"2021-04-14T17:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T21:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/?post_type=resource&p=719"},"modified":"2021-04-14T17:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T21:17:12","slug":"amid-covid-19-amazon-aims-to-support-employees-customers-and-communities","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/resource\/amid-covid-19-amazon-aims-to-support-employees-customers-and-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid COVID-19, Amazon Aims to Support Employees, Customers and Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quick Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amazon has launched the\u00a0$20 million AWS Diagnostic Initiative<\/a>\u00a0to accelerate COVID-19 research. In Europe, the company committed\u00a0\u20ac21 million (almost $23 million USD)<\/a>\u00a0to support those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amazon has also\u00a0filled 100,000 new jobs<\/a>\u00a0since March, and is\u00a0adding 75,000 more<\/a>\u00a0to help meet customer demand and assist existing employees fulfilling orders for essential products.<\/em><\/p>\n

Employees:<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Amazon\u2019s top concern is ensuring the health and safety of employees. Amazon has made over\u00a0150 process updates<\/a>\u2014from enhanced cleaning and social distancing measures to piloting new efforts like disinfectant fog in a New York fulfillment center. Amazon distributed personal protective gear, such as\u00a0masks for employees<\/a>, and implemented\u00a0temperature checks<\/a>\u00a0across operations worldwide and is working on building\u00a0scalable testing for coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amazon has also\u00a0filled 100,000 new jobs<\/a>\u00a0since March, and is\u00a0adding 75,000 more<\/a>\u00a0to help meet customer demand and assist existing employees fulfilling orders for essential products.<\/p>\n

Among other things such as,\u00a0increased pay<\/a>\u00a0for hourly employees and\u00a0doubled regular hourly base pay<\/a>\u00a0for overtime hours, Amazon has also established a\u00a0$25 million relief fund<\/a>\u00a0for partners (e.g. delivery drivers) and seasonal associates facing financial hardship or quarantine.<\/p>\n

Amazon published annual letter to shareholders from\u00a0Jeff Bezos<\/strong>, founder and CEO.\u00a0Read the letter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Customers:<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Amazon is working to increase\u00a0capacity for grocery delivery<\/a>\u00a0from Amazon Fresh and\u00a0Whole Foods Market<\/a>\u00a0as quickly as possible, while\u00a0enhancing cleaning<\/a>\u00a0at all Whole Foods Market stores and are now\u00a0open one hour early<\/a>\u00a0for customers who are 60+ years old in the U.S. (70+ years old in the UK).<\/p>\n

Customers ordering delivery from Prime Now, Amazon Fresh, and Whole Foods Market can select\u00a0\u201cunattended delivery\u201d<\/a>\u00a0during checkout if they prefer not to come into contact with others. Amazon is\u00a0focusing on high-priority items<\/a>\u00a0to ensure the fastest delivery of household staples, medical supplies, and other high-demand products coming into our fulfillment centers.<\/p>\n

Amazon is vigorously\u00a0combating price gouging<\/a>\u00a0to help protect customers, help ensure fair pricing, and combat those seeking to profit off the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

Communities around the globe:<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Amazon has launched the\u00a0$20 million AWS Diagnostic Initiative<\/a>\u00a0to accelerate COVID-19 research. In Europe, the company committed\u00a0\u20ac21 million (almost $23 million USD)<\/a>\u00a0to support those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

In the U.S., Amazon CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos donated $100 million to\u00a0Feeding America<\/a>. Amazon also\u00a0hired 100,000<\/a>\u00a0full- and part-time employees, and is\u00a0now hiring an additional 75,000<\/a>. Amazon is\u00a0looking for talent<\/a>\u00a0in every community in which it operates.<\/p>\n

Amazon also launched a\u00a0$5 million grant fund<\/a>\u00a0to support small businesses in Seattle, while AWS is\u00a0supporting<\/a>\u00a0the White House\u2019s COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, providing computing resources to advance research on diagnosis, treatment, and vaccine studies.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Last, but not least, Amazon is supporting virtual classrooms with no-cost resources from\u00a0AWS<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Amazon Future Engineer<\/a>,\u00a0donating 8,200 laptops<\/a>\u00a0to Seattle Public Schools students who do not have access to a device at home, and through the Amazon Future Engineer program, Amazon is\u00a0donating 4,000 laptops<\/a>\u00a0to high school students across the U.S. and making new online computer science resources, including exam prep, free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":720,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","resource_category":[9],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resource_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_category?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}