Major company like Amazon is increasing their hiring rate around the holiday season, saying that these worker’s temporary role will be converted into actual positions even after the holiday season. While hiring rate increase around the holiday season is normal due to increased customer demand, it is odd that these temporary roles will be converted into full time positions. Could it be that companies like Amazons are using this saying as an trigger for more volunteers for those empty temporary positions around the holiday season? If it is so, it would be unethical on a business level, as it is abusing the trust of some of the stakeholders. However, it is also more possible that Amazon’s decision is truly based on the fact there is an employee shortage, both for the holiday season and regular production times.

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