Entertainment

Now this is not something that you hear everyday. A Senior Engineer and VP at Amazon quit because he did not like the way that the company fired employees for protesting working conditions. He walked away from $1M in salary. Kudos to Him! According to Vice, Tim Bray, who is the senior engineer and vice […]

coronavirus

With the ongoing pandemic, the nation is being advised to stay home with the exception of essential employees.  And because of that, a lot of Americans are choosing to order things online.  The question is how safe are the warehouses that provide all of the goods we are shopping for? According to Business Insider,  Amazon has […]

Entertainment

Amazon Shoppers, you are in luck! Starting in July of this year, your local Kohl’s stores will begin to accept you’re Amazon returns and ship them off for free!!! According to CNBC.com, Kohl’s is growing its partnership with Amazon, with the goal of luring more people to its stores.  In July, it will be accepting […]

Ohio

Oh Boy! Should I go home and unplug my Amazon Echo Dot? A Sandusky Ohio family returned home from a trip to discover their kitchen full of smoke and flames coming from their third generation Amazon Echo Dot virtual assistant. Check out the video below: According to MyFox8.com, the Jachym family returned home to discover […]

Cbus

The city made the Top 20 list to host Amazon’s second HQ space. Columbus is the only city in Ohio competing to host Amazon’s new headquarters. If the online retailer chooses Columbus they can bring 50,000 new jobs and a $5 billion investment. Ohio Gov. John Kasich said, “it’s good that we’re making these lists.” […]

National

(RNN) – Amazon announced Friday it is purchasing grocery store chain Whole Foods, in a deal valued at around $13.7 billion. Amazon,com Inc will pay $42 a share for Whole Foods Market Inc., an 18 percent premium to the closing price Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The companies said grocery stores would still operate under […]

Misty J

Amazon is hiring part-time workers. The e-commerce giant said today it plans to hire 30,000 part-timers over the next 12 months. Five-thousand of the jobs will be in customer service with agents working from home! The employees will work about 20 hours a week, and receive benefits. Most of the part-time jobs will be at […]

Cbus

Amazon is opening a brick-and-mortar store on the Ohio State University campus. Reportedly, Amazon Campus will offer low prices on all items in the store, from course materials to dorm supplies. It’ll be located on North High Street in the space currently occupied by UniversiTees. I imagine this may be the first of many Amazon […]

Ohio

Amazon is looking for dozens of people who want to work from home this holiday season. Amazon is looking for customer service associates here in Ohio, to help customers by phone and in online chats. You must be available to work full-time, and on all major holidays. You can find more info at amazon.force.com. Follow […]

News & Gossip

(CNN) – Imaginations everywhere have been stoked since Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced his company plans to start offering 30-minute deliveries via drone-like “octocopters.” What’s not fascinating about a near future in which fleets of whirring sky robots can drop our every impulse buy on our doorstep faster than we can get Chinese delivered? (You know, aside from accidental […]