E-commerce firm MercadoLibre to increase staff by 30% in 2024

Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre plans to increase total staff by 30% in 2024 by hiring some 18,000 people as it seeks to build its business in Mexico and elsewhere, it said on Wednesday. "MercadoLibre's hiring plan follows the company's growing performance and will help sustain the expansion of operations with the investments planned for the year," it said in a statement. MercadoLibre plans to hire about 8,200 people in Mexico in 2024, the most among the 18 countries in which it operates, increasing its staff in Latin America's second-largest economy by more than 50% to 24,400 employees.