Amazon to Create More Than 100,000 New, Full-Time, Full-Benefit Jobs across the U.S. over the Next 18 Months

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From the Amazon Press Room:

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.

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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.”

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Amazon 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.

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In 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.

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24 thoughts on “Amazon to Create More Than 100,000 New, Full-Time, Full-Benefit Jobs across the U.S. over the Next 18 Months”

  1. In other Amazon news, the company has created a new credit card for Prime Members only — one that increases the cash-back on Amazon purchases from 3% to 5%. I received emails today from Amazon and the card issuer telling me my Amazon card has been upgraded to the new card, effective now.

      • I’ve read elsewhere that folks who sign up for Prime (i.e. new Prime members) in order to get the card will receive an instant $70 credit on their account. Also read that the 5% off can be used at the time you’re making a purchase on Amazon.

        In one report, it said there’s no expiration date, but the email I received today did have an expiration date on (changed from what my expiration date was yesterday). The sample cards don’t show an account number but — per the emails — the account number remains the same. I do hope the expiration date remains because, when making purchases elsewhere, I’m often asked for the expiration date before the sale can go thru. I’m hoping the report was just going by the sample cards which showed no exp. date.

    • It’s reasonable to recognize that business looks to what they can expect from the government in the future. If business believes Trump will take the need in rolling back regulation, lowering corporate taxes, and getting rid of ObamaCare, then Trump does indeed deserve credit for the attitude necessary to foster investment.

      That’s what leaders do.

    • Since he’s committed to lowering business tax and getting rid of the abominable Obama care, then yes, he can take credit for this. It would be highly unwise, in the current atmosphere for any company to announce this kind of growth. Since Ford, and other companies have already announced similar changes because of Trump, it would be safe to assume it played some part in this decision.

        • That’s pretty funny. I’m sure Bezos had no intention of hiring 100,000 people till he met with Trump.

        • Sounds like some lucky people here who don’t have to buy their own health insurance.

          They are lucky. Those of us who do buy our own insurance have seen premiums, deductibles, and co-pays double or triple under Obamacare.

          • I’ve been buying my own for over 20 years. The funny thing is, premiums have been going up by 15-30% every year over that time. Nothing new. Seems to me the problem isn’t the ACA, it’s the system.

            • Exactly, Kathlena. I experienced the same thing over many years. And this year, folks with Medicare are seeing higher Medicare bills. Seems like those raises are always left out of the discussion re the increases for Obamacare. Also often left out: the subsidies that help many people meet those rising costs.

              • And this year, folks with Medicare are seeing higher Medicare bills. Seems like those raises are always left out of the discussion re the increases for Obamacare.

                Medicare money was transferred to Obamacare in the ObamaCare bill. That let the administration claim Obamacare was revenue neutral. (In practice it isn’t even close).

                So, Medicare reduces payments to providers, resulting in higher patient costs, and a reduction in the number of providers accepting medicare patients.

              • Also left out: in the tallies of how many “new insured” they don’t detail the number of young people who are buying the minimal level of insurance needed to avoid the tax penalty who would otherwise be self-insuring and using the wasted money on more immediately useful things. Nor the number of small businesses who made “adjustments” (reduced hours, reduced benefits, reduced staffing) to stay afloat.

                A good chunk of the “benefits” of the wonderful gift from Obama was actually an unfunded mandate forcing private entities and local and state governments to cough up the dough to fund his political promises.

                Proper bookkeeping was one thing they were careful to avoid in passing that bill.

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