Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil Hydroworld Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries Amazon has so many summer interns, it costs $4.4 million to feed and house them and the city of Seattle has to add extra buses (AMZN) By: Business Insider June 22, 2018 at 10:50 AM EDT Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty ImagesAmazon's summer interns have arrived in Seattle. About 900 interns are staying at the University of Washington, and the county has had to add extra buses to accommodate them. It's costing about $4.4 million to feed and house Amazon's interns at the university. Amazon interns are invading Seattle once again — and it's affecting the city's public transit.For the second year running, Kings County Metro — the public transit authority in the county where Seattle is located — is having to add extra buses to keep up with the influx of interns staying in dorms at the University of Washington. According to The Seattle Times, about 900 Amazon interns will be living in the dorms this summer and commuting to Amazon's campus using the Metro. The Times estimated that last year, Amazon had about 2,000 total interns, and about half of them stayed in the dorms. This year, Amazon's corporate housing partner is paying the university approximately $4.4 million to feed the interns and house them in the dorms, the Times reports. For a closer look at the effect Amazon's interns have on the city, head over to The Seattle Times. NOW WATCH: How a $9 billion startup deceived Silicon ValleySee Also:Shareholders are trying to pressure Jeff Bezos into cutting off Amazon's deals to sell facial recognition to police departmentsAmazon won a major battle in Seattle, but a Big Tech 'head tax' could still happen for Apple and GoogleGoogle’s new retail strategy is a clever way to cut into Amazon’s business that also solves its image problemSEE ALSO: What it's like to intern at one of Silicon Valley's billion-dollar startups Related Stocks: Amazon.com Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Amazon has so many summer interns, it costs $4.4 million to feed and house them and the city of Seattle has to add extra buses (AMZN) By: Business Insider June 22, 2018 at 10:50 AM EDT Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty ImagesAmazon's summer interns have arrived in Seattle. About 900 interns are staying at the University of Washington, and the county has had to add extra buses to accommodate them. It's costing about $4.4 million to feed and house Amazon's interns at the university. Amazon interns are invading Seattle once again — and it's affecting the city's public transit.For the second year running, Kings County Metro — the public transit authority in the county where Seattle is located — is having to add extra buses to keep up with the influx of interns staying in dorms at the University of Washington. According to The Seattle Times, about 900 Amazon interns will be living in the dorms this summer and commuting to Amazon's campus using the Metro. The Times estimated that last year, Amazon had about 2,000 total interns, and about half of them stayed in the dorms. This year, Amazon's corporate housing partner is paying the university approximately $4.4 million to feed the interns and house them in the dorms, the Times reports. For a closer look at the effect Amazon's interns have on the city, head over to The Seattle Times. NOW WATCH: How a $9 billion startup deceived Silicon ValleySee Also:Shareholders are trying to pressure Jeff Bezos into cutting off Amazon's deals to sell facial recognition to police departmentsAmazon won a major battle in Seattle, but a Big Tech 'head tax' could still happen for Apple and GoogleGoogle’s new retail strategy is a clever way to cut into Amazon’s business that also solves its image problemSEE ALSO: What it's like to intern at one of Silicon Valley's billion-dollar startups Related Stocks: Amazon.com