The outbreak of coronavirus has forced all companies to adapt to new conditions. It is also Amazon, which continues to operate amid an alarm situation in Spain, but with some issues its customers will want to know.
It has just been learned that the company of e-commerce, from now until April 5, you will only receive products from your stores from independent medical or specialty retailers.
This will prevent non-essential products from accumulating on the shelves of your storage space and free up space for others to be used to fight the coronavirus epidemic and its subsequent health problem.
Shop online has seen an increase in its sales, so it prefers to focus its efforts on satisfying the demand and of COVID-19 related products and services.
The announcement does not affect those packages en route to their warehouses, or those salespeople who choose to use another distributor despite using Amazon's website to sell their products.
Amazon and coronavirus
There are already five confirmed cases of Amazon employees who have been tested for coronavirus, two in Italy and three in Spain. Besides this, the company has decided not to close its factories.
Two Spanish cases have been confirmed at a warehouse in San Fernando de Henares (Madrid), and the third affected operation came from the company's facilities in El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona).
The decision has received a backlash from union representatives. As reported Information, Comacees Obreras has accused the company of putting economic benefits ahead of its employees' health and has already announced that it will take the case to court.
Amazon has confirmed that half of its employees are isolated and that they monitor their health well. The San Fernando Committee, however, confirms that it is impossible to find out who the infected persons are.
More workers and higher wages against coronavirus
One of Amazon's efforts to deal with COVID-19 and the overwhelming demand they have is employing thousands of new employees. In the United States alone, the workforce has been reinforced by another 100,000 workers.
A sales official has also decided to increase his salary. In the case of Spain and the rest of the eurozone, the increase is put on the body by € 2 and an hour. British workers will be charged £ 2 more per hour and Americans with $ 2 more per hour.
Amazon confirms that they have also offered up to two weeks paid leave to employees infected with the new coronavirus, and that they are taking all possible precautions to prevent the spread of the disease.
The new contracts have not been well received, however, by UGT, which they say is being made through ETT. It is not yet known whether new workers have been contacted with the virus and this could lead to new infections.
On the other hand unions in the United Kingdom reported that the country's workers are working overtime to meet this demand, and that the company has hired 27,000 new employees.
Is Amazon Prime still working with coronavirus?
Yes, all members Amazon Prime They can benefit from future shipping and other benefits of contracting this service, though changes may be made in the future. You can try the trial period for 30 days.
How many days are waiting for Amazon shipping?
Anyone with Amazon Prime can choose the option to receive it the next day for free, while the remainder will have to pay some cash to make it so (as usual). As stocks expire, shipping is expected to take longer.
What other online stores operate during the alarm
Amazon is not the only store online active during alarm. These weeks when we have to be locked up at home, it is a good idea to choose what to bring home, even though their work may not work well.
Spanish supermarkets are saturated with increasing demand for online shopping, so the purchase of their websites can take more than a week to wait. It is a form of Alcampo.
Some supermarkets have already announced that they will not do shipping, as has happened with Mercadona, for the season Carrefour provides its service online only people who really need it, like the elderly, the disabled or the pregnant.
As for electronics stores, El Corte Inglés prioritizes the export of food products, while the website for Fnac you are facing some problems. MediaMarkt y PC elements they seem to work normally.
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