Amazon pledges R10 billion to upskill employees for future world of work

Amazon recently committed to spending $700 million (roughly R10 billion) over the next six years to upskill 100,000 of its employees across the United States. The skills training programmes will support employees across Amazon’s corporate offices, tech hubs, fulfilment centres, retail stores and transportation networks to help them move into more highly skilled roles within or outside of Amazon.

“We are just starting to scratch the surface of how best to upskill our employees and enable them to chart their own career paths. We will continue to pilot new upskilling programmes and quickly scale them when existing initiatives are successful,” said Amazon in the announcement of its Upskilling 2025 pledge.