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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
6,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
4 April 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Amazon, a multinational technology company with focus on e-commerce, announced the creation of 6000 jobs in Germany in all business areas and at all German locations.
From April 2022 on until the end of the year, 6000 jobs will be created across all business areas such as logistics, research and development in 100 different locations in Germany. Amazon invested over 36,5 Billion Euros in Germany between 2010 and 2020 and keeps on growing rapidly.
Amazon is a multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence and is active in 13 countries and it is registered in Luxemburg.
Eurofound (2022), Amazon, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 106565, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106565.
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