Amazon employees are now being replaced by ROBOTS

Amazon's warehouses will be staffed by less humans and more robots over the busy Christmas period, a leading analyst has claimed. The retail giant recruits thousands of additional employees every year to help meet the increased demand of the festive period. Amazon is only recruiting an additional 100,000 people for this year, down 20,000 from the two previous Christmases. Citi analyst Mark May told CNBC that this is likely a early sign of the increased automation at Amazon as it lessens its reliance on human employees. Amazon has endured several controversies surrounding working conditions in its fulfilment centres with claims of staff being forced to urinate into a bottle and employees not being paid after suffering serious injuries art work.