Dive Summary:
- Amazon.com has announced that it intends to hire 5,000 new full-time employees within the U.S. to meet rising customer demands, according to reports from Retailing Today.
- The company will add the 5,000 new jobs to its current staff of 20,000 employees throughout U.S. fulfillment centers. Median pay at the facilities is roughly 30% higher than the national average.
- “We’re focused on sustained innovation across Amazon and want to help our employees succeed — whether at Amazon or elsewhere — so we offer programs like Career Choice, where we’ll pay for up to 95% of eligible employees’ tuition regardless of whether the skills they learn are relevant to a career at Amazon,” says Amazon executive Dave Clark.
From the article:
The more than 5,000 jobs now available across the fulfillment network include picking, packing and shipping customer orders while engaging with high-end, state of the art technology. The jobs offer competitive pay, a comprehensive benefits package, company stock awards and bonuses.
