# Professor Arun Sundararajan explains why Amazon's employment needs are unique among tech companies

1 Faculty News August 2, 2017 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/technology/amazons-jobs-fair-sends-clear-message-now-hiring-thousands.html?_r=0) -- "'While the digital disruption is destroying the traditional retail business model,' Dr. [Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) said, 'the Amazon model that replaces it will continue to live in the physical world and require human labor for the foreseeable future.'"

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