Amazon Will Reward Vaccinated Employees To ‘Max Your Vax’ With $2M Lottery
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Amazon, in an effort to incentivize more of its frontline workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, is offering a lottery of cash and prizes that amounts to nearly US$2 million. Previously, the city of New York had also offered a US$5 million lottery for those who got vaccinated.
According to a report by Bloomberg, the lottery—called ‘Max Your Vax’—will comprise a total of 18 prizes, including two US$500,000 cash prizes, six US$100,000 prizes, five brand-new vehicles, and five vacation packages.
Recently, the company mandated that warehouse workers wore masks at work, though it had previously relaxed the rule. This comes as the COVID-19 Delta variant surges across the nation, leading companies to take a more cautious approach.
The ‘Max Your Vax’ lottery will be open to Amazon’s frontline workers, including hourly workers at Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh grocery stores, as well as workers in Amazon Web Services data centers.
“We strongly believe that the best way to protect our frontline employees and communities from COVID-19 is through vaccinations. And we are proud to have hosted more than 1,100 on-site vaccination events to help make getting a vaccination as easy as possible for our employees and their household members,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel told GeekWire.
[via GeekWire, cover image via Natee Meepian / Shutterstock.com]
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