Amazon says it will create 15,000 new full-time jobs across Europe in 2017

Amazon says it will create 15,000 new full-time jobs across Europe in 2017

Amazon has announced that it plans to grow its European-based workforce from over 50,000 today to over 65,000 by the end of the year. In a statement issued on Monday (20 February), Amazon said: “These new job opportunities are for people across many European countries and with all types of experience, education and skill levels—from engineers and software developers to those seeking entry-level positions and on-the-job training. Many of the roles will be in new fulfillment centers that have been announced over the past several months and are currently under construction in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and UK. In addition to direct job creation, Amazon businesses like Marketplace, Amazon Web Services and Kindle Direct Publishing continue to create thousands of jobs for people across Europe who want to start and run their own business.”

Xavier Garambois, Vice President, Amazon EU Retail, commented: “We continue to invest heavily across Europe in fulfillment, customer service, cloud technology, research and development, machine learning, advanced logistics and much more.”

Roy Perticucci, Vice President Europe Customer Fulfillment, added: “Across Europe, Amazon is continuing to invest in new infrastructure and employment opportunities to ensure we continue to grow and meet the needs of our customers.”

Amazon operates a pan EU business with over 100 corporate offices, fulfilment centres, seller and customer service centres, and AWS datacenter regions. This number also includes a European network of 15 development centres.

Amazon also issued a UK-specific statement on Monday, saying it would be creating 5,000 new full-time jobs in the UK.  This would boost its UK workforce to more than 24,000.

And in January, the online retail giant said that it plans to grow its full-time US-based workforce from 180,000 in 2016 to over 280,000 by mid-2018.

 

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