Sending employees to supermarket sales, Australian Airlines has created jobs for 5,000 people who are unemployed because they stopped flying

The largest supermarket chain in Australia, the Woolworths Group, will employ up to 20,000 employees by the end of April, the company announced on Friday. The move is aimed at meeting the surging needs of the population amid the Covid epidemic. -19 outbreaks.

Woolworths currently accounts for 30% of the supermarket market in Australia and is planning to expand the number of employees for supermarkets, distribution centers and online sales operations to meet the soaring demand for food and other essential products.

Restaurants in Australia are currently limited to opening and delivery, while pubs have been closed since Monday. Most businesses now also have employees working from home.

Remarkably, of the 20,000 employees who are going to recruit more, there will be 5,000 people who are employees of Qantas Airways - the airline witnessed recently having to stop all international routes causing 20,000 people - equivalent to 2. / 3 of their labor force will be temporarily absent from work. In such a situation, Qantas decided to work with Woolworths to both solve the temporary employment problem for the employees and not lose the staff after the translation was over so that it could work again.

The supermarket chain also recruited people from movie theaters and clothing firms, which had been struggling with the pandemic. All new positions are mostly temporary.

"The new recruitment will help us better meet the skyrocketing demand for food and drink across Australia."

The rush of people to buy pasta, canned food and toilet paper has increased sharply since the beginning of March. The amount of consumer spending in supermarkets has increased by 40% as of mid-March.