--- description: E-commerce company Amazon plans to add 100,000 jobs this holiday season, outshining retail giants, including Walmart, Target, and Macy's. title: Amazon Is Hiring an Insane Number of Workers for the Holidays image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt412015e432dee045/69877d2c5f570f65f9b150d4/156980964.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Retail](/tag/retail/) ## Retail Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amazon Is Hiring an Insane Number of Workers for the Holidays by [Michal Addady](/author/michal-addady/) ## Michal Addady Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2015 2:28 PM CUT  An employee loads a truck with boxes to be shipped at the Amazon.com Inc. distribution center. An employee loads a truck with boxes to be shipped at the Amazon.com Inc. distribution center.Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Michal Addady](/author/michal-addady/) ## Michal Addady Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2015 2:28 PM CUT Amazon will hire 100,000 workers this holiday season, [the Associated Press reports](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3aabbc4566ff4cfd9723c010736df548/amazon-adding-100000-jobs-holiday-season "undefined"). This is a 25% increase from last year, when the company hired [80,000 new employees](http://fortune.com/2014/10/16/amazon-plans-to-hire-80000-seasonal-workers-this-year/ "undefined") for the holidays. Retailers Walmart, Target, and Macy’s are all adding about the same amount of jobs as they did in 2014 — 60,000, 70,000, and 85,000 respectively. Others, including Kohl’s, J.C. Penney, and Toys R Us, are hiring fewer holiday workers. This suggests a shift in the way that Americans shop. In the past, retailers had to hire more people to work cash registers and sales floors; Amazon’s holiday workers will be fulfilling warehouse roles in fulfillment and sorting facilities. The online retailer has also recently hired 25,000 full-time workers. [Amazon’s market cap rose past Walmart](http://fortune.com/2015/07/23/amazon-tops-walmart/ "undefined"), the world’s largest company by revenue, over the summer. The gap has since been growing wider; Amazon’s cap has since reached $262.5 billion as compared to Walmart’s $190 billion. The CEO of Walmart’s U.S. division, Greg Foran, maintains that [customers prefer an interactive shopping experience](http://fortune.com/2015/10/16/walmart-amazon-stores/ "undefined") in stores. The retail giant is currently developing its e-commerce offerings. “Here’s a key question,” Foran previously told Fortune. “Will it be easier for an e-commerce company to build out a massive store network and create a customer service culture at scale? Or are we better able to add digital and supply chain capabilities and leverage our existing stores? 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