Amazon is likely to run out of prospective workers for its US warehouses by the year 2024, according to an internal memo that was leaked to. The memo contained internal research from 2021 that predicted a looming labor crisis for the e-commerce giant that would hit some areas faster than others. For example, it estimated that Amazon would exhaust its labor supply in Phoenix, Arizona by the end of 2021 and in California’s Inland Empire by the end of 2022.
The report urged the company to take steps to address the future labor gap, such as raising wages to retain its existing workforce and attract more new hires. It also suggested increasing automation in the warehouses. “If we continue business as usual, Amazon will deplete the available labor supply in the US network by 2024,” wrote the authors of the report.
In a statement to Engadget, an Amazon spokesperson said that the leaked document isn't an accurate assessment of its hiring situation. “There are many draft documents written on many subjects across the company that are used to test assumptions and look at different possible scenarios, but aren’t then escalated or used to make decisions. This was one of them.
_masterinvestor
Gonna have to hire not so qualified people.. service going down hill
Not a shortage just not enough suckers to take such low pay.
If Amazon went bust because of a labor shortage, 50 million ppl would laugh. You suck Amazon!
Stop treating people like $-+ and you won't have crazy turnover