Amazon adds 10,000 UK jobs after US hiring spree
US e-commerce giant Amazon announced on Friday that it will create more than 10,000 new jobs in Britain, a day after a US hiring spree as online shopping booms during the pandemic.
The expansion, equivalent to one fifth of its UK workforce, will take its total staff in the country to more than 55,000 by the end of this year.
The announcement came one day after Amazon revealed plans to add 75,000 jobs in the United States and Canada.
“We’re creating thousands of good jobs across the UK from a diverse range of roles with excellent pay and benefits’’, said Amazon’s UK Country Manager John Boumphrey in the statement.
Amazon plans to hire 75,000 associates in its fulfilment and logistics network across the US and Canada. It offers a $100 benefit to new hires who come to Amazon already vaccinated for Covid-19, the e-commerce giant said in a statement.
The open roles offer an average starting pay of over $17 per hour, plus sign-on bonuses in many locations of up to $1,000. In addition, the company offers full-time employees benefits, including health, vision and dental insurance, 401(k) with 50 per cent company match, paid parental leave, and access to various companyfunded upskilling opportunities.
The locations with the most open roles include Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, and Wisconsin.