Amazon Hiring a Quarter Million Seasonal Employees Including 3,000 in Kentucky

As a student of pop culture, I've always paid attention to what sorts of things "define" a decade. More often than not, we look to clothing and style for something like that, but other phenomena also take on that responsibility.

When you think of disco, you think of the 1970s, right? Boomboxes, MTV, and VHS tapes scream the 1980s. In the 1990s, the Internet and mobile phones began to change our lives irreversibly, and in the 2000s, reality TV took a significant bite out of our spare time. The 2010s? Uh, social media, anyone?

The 2020s and the Gig Economy

In the 2020s, the COVID-19 pandemic conveniently kicked off the decade, essentially cementing working from home as a long-term prospect. And then, there's the gig economy. Untold millions make a living driving for DoorDash, InstaCart, and Grubhub, and, perhaps, the granddaddy of them all, Amazon.

There's a traveling game I enjoy in which my traveling companion and I choose either Walmart or Amazon, and then we pick a destination. When we get there, whoever "has the most trucks" wins a convenience store beverage or treat purchased by the loser. Look out, Walmart; Amazon wins a lot.

Amazon Hiring Seasonal Workers

As a matter of fact, you could be the driver of one of those trucks in a future game, especially if that future game happens this holiday season. Amazon is adding 250,000 seasonal employees to its workforce, and 3,000 of them will be hired in Kentucky.

The Commonwealth has several Amazon hubs, serving all corners of the Bluegrass State, and the pay is sweet. Seasonal workers get paid more than $19 an hour; for regular employees, it's $23 per hour.

Who knows? Your seasonal gig could evolve into a regular gig. It would be an odd way for Santa to show his appreciation, but I bet you'd take it.