Already one of the country’s biggest employers,
Amazon plans to grow its full-time U.S.-based workforce from
180,000 in 2016 to over 280,000 by mid-2018
Over 9,000 employees have now participated in
Amazon’s innovative “Career Choice” program that pre-pays 95% of
tuition for degrees in high-demand occupations such as aircraft
mechanics, computer-aided design, machine tool technologies,
medical lab technologies, nursing, and many other fields
Over 10,000 military veterans already work at
Amazon and last year the company pledged to hire and train an
additional 25,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five
years
In addition to direct full-time employment,
Amazon businesses such as Marketplace and Amazon Flex will continue
to create thousands of jobs for people across the U.S. who want to
start their own business or the flexibility to work part-time and
set their own schedule
(NASDAQ:AMZN) – Over the past five years, Amazon created over
150,000 jobs in the United States, growing its workforce here from
30,000 employees in 2011 to over 180,000 at the end of 2016. Today,
the company announced that it plans to create an additional 100,000
full-time, full-benefit jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months.
These new job opportunities are for people all across the country
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 Texas, California,
Florida, New Jersey and many other states across the country. In
addition to direct job creation, Amazon businesses like Marketplace
and Amazon Flex will continue to create hundreds of thousands of
jobs for people across the U.S. who want the flexibility to start
their own business, work part-time or set their own schedule.
“Innovation is one of our guiding principles at Amazon, and it’s
created hundreds of thousands of American jobs. These jobs are not
just in our Seattle headquarters or in Silicon Valley—they’re in
our customer service network, fulfillment centers and other
facilities in local communities throughout the country,” said Jeff
Bezos, Amazon Founder and CEO. “We plan to add another 100,000 new
Amazonians across the company over the next 18 months as we open
new fulfillment centers, and continue to invent in areas like cloud
technology, machine learning, and advanced logistics.”
Examples of states where Amazon has created thousands of jobs
and will continue to hire even more in the coming months and
years:
Washington – Amazon now has over 40,000
employees at corporate offices and fulfillment centers in its home
state. Once the current expansion of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters
is complete, the company will have more than 30 buildings covering
over 10 million square feet in the city’s downtown core.
Texas – Since 2013, Amazon has launched seven
new fulfillment centers in Texas, with an eighth under construction
in Houston. The current fulfillment centers located in Dallas, Fort
Worth, Haslet, Coppell, Schertz, and San Marcos, employ more than
10,000 full-time associates, and the new Houston location will
create more than 1,000 new full-times roles. Amazon also employs
more than 500 associates in Austin at its corporate office and has
openings for hundreds more.
California – Amazon Operations has created
more than 14,000 full-time jobs in California since 2012 and
announced four new Golden State fulfillment centers in 2016.
Combined, those sites will bring over 4,000 new jobs to local
communities such as Sacramento and Tracy. Amazon also has over
3,000 corporate employees across the state in a variety of
businesses, including Amazon Web Services, Amazon Studios, Amazon
Lab126 and more.
Illinois – Amazon currently operates five
fulfillment centers in Edwardsville, Joliet and Romeoville, with
another four fulfillment centers under construction in Monee,
Aurora and Waukegan. More than 7,000 full-time jobs will be created
in Illinois when construction is complete later this year.
Kentucky – Amazon employs more than 10,000
full-time employees across 11 sites in Kentucky and plans to bring
more than one thousand new jobs to the state this year. The company
recently completed a multi-million dollar renovation of its
17-year-old fulfillment center in Campbellsville.
Florida – Amazon has created more than 4,000
full-time jobs in Florida since 2013. Two new fulfillment centers
were recently announced in Jacksonville, increasing the company’s
presence to nine locations, including fulfillment and sortation
centers and Prime Now Hubs. The new fulfillment centers will bring
Amazon’s workforce in the Sunshine State to over 6,500.
New Jersey – Amazon currently employs more
than 11,000 employees in New Jersey across seven sites. The company
has plans to add additional fulfillment centers in the Garden State
that will create 2,500 additional full-time jobs.
Military HiringAmazon already employs over 10,000
military veterans, and last year pledged to hire and train an
additional 25,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five
years. In addition, the company committed to training 10,000 active
duty service members, veterans and military spouses not employed by
Amazon in cloud computing through AWS Educate.
Full, Egalitarian BenefitsAmazon provides employees with
highly-competitive pay, health insurance, disability insurance,
retirement savings plans and company stock. The company also offers
up to 20 weeks of paid leave and innovative benefits such as Leave
Share and Ramp Back, which give new parents flexibility with their
growing families. Leave Share lets employees share their Amazon
paid leave with their spouse or domestic partner if their spouse’s
employer doesn’t offer paid leave. Ramp Back gives new moms
additional control over the pace at which they return to work. Just
as with Amazon’s health care plan, these benefits are egalitarian –
they’re the same for fulfillment center and customer service
employees as they are for Amazon’s most senior executives.
Career ChoiceAmazon’s Career Choice program helps train
employees for in-demand jobs at Amazon and other companies so that
they can take full advantage of the nation’s innovation economy.
The program pre-pays 95% of tuition for courses in in-demand,
high-wage fields, regardless of whether the skills are relevant to
a future career at Amazon. Over 9,000 employees have participated
in Career Choice and more are signing up every day. Amazon created
dedicated Career Choice classrooms at many fulfillment centers to
make it easier for local colleges to offer classes onsite. Amazon
open-sourced the program and is reaching out to companies to help
them copy and adopt their own Career Choice programs.
Empowerment Programs and Indirect Job CreationIn addition
to empowering its own employees to innovate and achieve their
professional and personal dreams, Amazon offers a series of
programs that empower people outside the company and create
hundreds of thousands of additional jobs in the U.S. Amazon’s
Marketplace business fuels 300,000 jobs in the U.S. for people
who’ve started or are growing their own businesses by selling on
Amazon. Last year alone, more than 100,000 sellers generated more
than $100,000 each in sales.
Kindle Direct Publishing enables anyone to self-publish eBooks
and paperbacks for free and reach millions of readers. Authors earn
up to 70% royalty on sales to customers, keep control of their book
rights, and set their own list prices. KDP has empowered thousands
of authors to achieve their dreams and make a living writing books
for readers around the world to enjoy.
Amazon Web Services gives anyone – from garage startups to
fast-growing businesses like Airbnb and Pinterest to established
enterprises like GE and McDonalds – access to virtually unlimited
compute power, storage, and other IT resources, making it faster
and less expensive to launch and grow new businesses. Since its
inception, AWS has empowered thousands of businesses to launch,
grow and create jobs across the U.S.
Amazon Flex is a program that enables people to earn up to $25
per hour by delivering Amazon packages on their own schedule using
their own vehicle and smartphone. The program launched in 2015, and
there are already thousands of Amazon Flex participants across the
U.S. Visit https://flex.amazon.com/ to view stories of people who
are empowered by Amazon Flex.
To learn more about working at Amazon, visit
http://www.amazon.jobs/.
About AmazonAmazon is guided by four principles: customer
obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention,
commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking.
Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations,
Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing,
Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of
the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more
information, visit www.amazon.com/about.
Forward Looking StatementThis press release contains
forward-looking statements are inherently difficult to predict.
Actual results could differ materially for a variety of reasons,
including, in addition to the factors discussed above, the amount
that Amazon.com invests in new business opportunities and the
timing of those investments, the mix of products and services sold
to customers, the mix of net sales derived from products as
compared with services, the extent to which we owe income taxes,
competition, management of growth, potential fluctuations in
operating results, international growth and expansion, the outcomes
of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment, sortation, delivery,
and data center optimization, risks of inventory management,
seasonality, the degree to which the Company enters into,
maintains, and develops commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, payments risks, and risks of fulfillment
throughput and productivity. Other risks and uncertainties include,
among others, risks related to new products, services, and
technologies, system interruptions, government regulation and
taxation, and fraud. In addition, the current global economic
climate amplifies many of these risks. More information about
factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial
results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including its most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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