For a company as massive as Amazon, it needs a massive amount of employees. This is why the company announced today that it’s looking to hire a whopping 7,000 new employees in the U.S. to keep up with its rapid growth.
Amazon is currently looking for 5,000 full-time employees to work in the company’s fulfillment centers across the U.S. The company states that its fulfillment center employees earn on average 30% more than traditional retail store employees in the country.
Amazon has created thousands of jobs across its fulfillment center and customer service networks in recent years. In the last year alone,Amazon opened eight fulfillment centers in the U.S., resulting in thousands of new jobs being added to communities nationwide. The more than 5,000 jobs now available across the fulfillment network include picking, packing and shipping customer orders while engaging with high-end, state of the art technology. The jobs offer competitive pay, a comprehensive benefits package, company stock awards and bonuses.
Here are the main cities that Amazon is hiring in:
– Breinigsville, Pa.
– Middletown, Del.
– Chattanooga, Tenn.
– Murfreesboro, Tenn.
– Charleston, S.C.
– Patterson, Calif.
– Chester, Va.
– Phoenix, Ariz.
– Coppell, Texas
– San Antonio, Texas
– Haslet, Texas
– San Bernardino, Calif.
– Hebron, Ky.
– Spartanburg, S.C.
– Indianapolis, Ind.
– Tracy, Calif.
– Jeffersonville, Ind.
The company is then also hiring 2,000 jobs for its customer service network. These include full-time and part-time positions that are primarily located in the following cities:
– Grand Forks, N.D.
– Kennewick, Wash.
– Huntington, W.V.
– Winchester, Ky.
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