As we head into the peak of the holiday season, we want to share our appreciation through another special recognition bonus, totaling more than $500 million for our front-line employees,' the post reads. According to the post, combined with other holiday pay incentives, in this quarter alone Amazon is investing over $750million in additional pay for their frontline hourly workforce. 'This brings our total spent on special bonuses and incentives for our teams globally to over $2.5billion in 2020, including a $500million thank you bonus earlier this year,' Clark said. Clark was referring to the company's earlier round of one-time bonuses in June when Amazon spent $500million in one-time payments to front-line employees and partners. 'Our teams are doing amazing work serving customers' essential needs, while also helping to bring some much-needed holiday cheer for socially-distanced
families around the world. I've never been more grateful for—or proud of—our teams,' he wrote. Several retailers, including Walmart and Home Depot, have spent millions in bonuses to compensate staff for catering to a surge in online shopping during the pandemic. The world's largest online retailer has been facing intense scrutiny from US lawmakers and unions over whether it is doing enough to protect staff from the coronavirus. Over the summer, a guillotine was set up by protesters outside the Washington, DC, home of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Videos posted to social media at the time showed an old fashioned piece of apparatus commonly used for beheading during the French Revolution. A sign placed underneath read: 'Support our poor communities. Not our wealthy men.'
A report from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), revealed Bezos has added an incredible $70.7billion to his wealth since mid-March, while an estimated 20,000 of the company's workers have been infected by the coronavirus.
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