Amazon offers to pay college fees of 750,000 frontline US workers
by Mark Sweney from Technology | The Guardian on (#5PCBM)
Company is latest big US firm to offer education-focused perks to workers after Walmart, Target and Kroger
Amazon has offered to pay the cost of college tuition fees for 750,000 of its frontline workers, the latest move by a major US company to offer perks to attract and retain staff amid a labour shortage.
The company, which is investing $1.2bn (0.86bn) in the scheme by 2025, said it would cover the cost of college tuition fees and textbooks for US hourly staff after 90 days of employment for as long as they remain at Amazon.
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