Amazon increases starting hourly wage and discounts for employees
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Relevance
9/25
Freshness
8/25
Authority
25/20
Brand Signal
7/15
Depth
6/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
Online behemoth Amazon said it’s increasing the starting hourly wage for its U.S. full-time operations employees like warehouse workers by $1, to $20. With the increase, the average wage will be nearly $24 an hour, with average total compensation of more than $32 an hour including the value of its benefits package, according to Amazon’s announcement Wednesday. The pay increase is effective startin
