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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other 47.91 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
4,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 February 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
Online retailer Amazon has announced the recruitment of 3,000 employees in 2021, after hiring 2,200 in 2020. 770 positions of this total will be created in the Ile-de-France region. As in previous years, some of the people employed on temporary contracts starting in the summer to ensure the shipment of end-of-year parcels will be hired on permanent contracts.
The jobs created at Amazon in 2021 will be spread across the 28 sites that the group currently has in France. Another part will be filled at sites due to open in 2021, as Amazon is gradually creating local agencies: last mile sites dedicated to home delivery within 24 or 48 hours. A large order preparation warehouse, similar to the one opened in 2019 at Brétigny-sur-Orge, is also due to open this year in Metz. Some 1,000 permanent jobs will be created there within three years. Amazon is looking for a wide variety of profiles and does not require a degree in logistics or previous experience. Managerial positions are also sought.
Updated [08.02.2022]: According to Amazons' management, instead of 3,000 job creations announced in 2021, the group has created 4,000 positions in France.
Eurofound (2021), Amazon, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 103553, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103553.
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