Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on September 15, 2021, 10:26 PM

Amazon raises the bar - fund college tuition for staff.

Amazon is raising the stakes in the war among American companies to attract and retain employees. The internet giant will pour $1.2 billion into a new program that will offer more than 750,000 of its hourly employees the opportunity to enroll in a "fully paid" bachelor’s degree program. Staff would become eligible for the program after completing three months of employment, The Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon, like other retail companies, has struggled to bolster staffing ranks in recent months, and a record number of jobs remain unfilled nationally.