Amazon touted its job-creation efforts in Germany this week, saying it will have 36,000 employees in the country by year-end. There were some interesting stats in the company’s announcement, including the number of seasonal workers it employed during the most recent holiday-shopping season.
The company said jobs in Germany include roles in logistics, mechatronics, account and recruiting management, software development, and computer science – and even “head of hip-hop.”
It also touted its investments in Germany, including €9 billion in 2020, and has over 100 locations in the country.
The full announcement follows:
Amazon is creating 6,000 new, attractive jobs in Germany this year
Written by Amazon
03 May 2022
By the end of 2022, Amazon will employ around 36,000 colleagues at more than 100 locations throughout Germany.
Amazon offers attractive jobs with prospects, as evidenced by its growth: the company plans to create more than 6,000 new jobs for “Amazonians” in Germany by the end of the year. This puts the company on track to reach the figure of 36,000 employees in Germany by the end of 2022. More than half of the employees have been with the company for more than five years. In addition, there were more than 10,000 seasonal colleagues who supported the Christmas business at the logistics sites last year alone.
For more than 20 years, Amazon has continuously invested in Germany and thus also contributes to the growth of the local economy. Between 2010 and 2020, Amazon has invested more than €36.5 billion, with more than €9 billion in 2020 alone. A large part is invested into jobs and the development and expansion of infrastructure – this includes more than 100 locations in Germany. Amazon creates new, attractive and long-term jobs, especially in structurally weaker regions such as Gera. Since the opening of the state-of-the-art logistics center in Gera in August 2021, more than 1,800 colleagues have found a new professional home at Amazon.
Amazon’s success also has positive effects on the labor market outside the company. Over 40,000 SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) based in Germany sell their products on Amazon. In 2020, they generated export sales of €3.75 billion. Overall, sales partners in this country have created more than 150,000 additional jobs – a direct result of their collaboration with Amazon, which provides them with the technologies and tools they need to sell their products to customers around the world.
Hardly any other company offers this range of jobs
There is a wide range of jobs at Amazon’s various locations in Germany, with jobs being created in all business areas and at all sites, from logistics to research and development centers. These range from logistics and mechatronics to account and recruiting management, software development and computer science, and head of hip-hop. …….
Source: https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/05/07/amazon-touts-job-creation-and-investments-in-germany/