April 13, 2020

You may be practicing TikTok dances for five hours a day, but things have never been busier in Bezosland.

After prioritizing shipments of medical supplies and other high-demand products for the last month, Amazon has given third-party sellers the green light to once again ship limited quantities of "non-essential" items to warehouses, signaling a renewed focus on getting customers the indoor putting green they’ve been waiting on for weeks.

As for your eclairs, you might need to keep waiting. Despite heavy competition from Walmart, demand for Amazon's expanded grocery pick up and delivery service is sky-high...

So high, that starting yesterday, customers who signed up for the service were automatically added to a waitlist.

Keep in mind, the worker packing your box will most likely be a noobie. After filling the 100,000 new positions it opened in March, Amazon said yesterday it's hiring 75,000 more warehouse and distribution workers this month.

Along with increasing hourly wages and offering two weeks of paid sick leave, Amazon has focused on making safety upgrades to protect new employees from the coronavirus following criticism.