“As the global pandemic evolves, there is unprecedented demand for medical equipment, including ventilators,” GE Healthcare’s chief executive, Kieran Murphy, said in a statement.
3M, which makes N95 respirator masks, said it had recently doubled its output of the much-needed product to a pace of more than 1.1 billion a year. To meet the demand, 3M said it was hiring additional workers and adding shifts and new manufacturing lines.
Walgreens said it was hiring for about 9,500 existing full- and part-time roles in stores across the United States, including pharmacy technicians.
Domino’s, the pizza delivery chain, is hiring thousands of workers, including cooks, managers and drivers. In Chicago alone, Domino’s was looking to hire 1,000 workers.
“While many local, state, and federal rules are closing dine-in restaurants, the opportunity to feed our neighbors through delivery and carryout continues,” Reece Arroyave, a Chicago-area Domino’s franchise owner, said in a statement. “We want to make sure we’re not only providing food to people, but also delivering opportunity to those who are looking for work.”
Not all of the hiring is being done to simply meet demand. Employers are also bracing for when their workers get sick with the virus or are simply no longer able to get to work, and are planning accordingly.
“Some of our hiring is to manage risk, too,” Mr. Vanderelzen of Lineage Logistics said. “We expect that some people will be quarantined or have to leave because of the virus.”
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/business/coronavirus-hiring-jobs.html
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