Amazon

Type
Business expansion
Country
Germany
Region
Bayern; Oberfranken; Hof, Landkreis
Location of affected unit(s)
Hof-Gattendorf
Sector
Transportation / Storage
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
52.1 - Warehousing and storage
52.10 - Warehousing and storage
1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 May 2022
Employment effect (start)
10 May 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022

Description

Amazon, a multinational technology company focused on e-commerce, announced the creation of 1000 jobs at its newly built logistics centre in Hof-Gattendorf, Bavaria, Germany.

As announced on May 10th 2022, Amazon opened its 18th logistics centre in Germany, creating 1000 new jobs by the end of 2022, mainly for shipping employees, but also for technicians, logistics, human resources, occupational safety and health specialists.

Amazon currently employs around 20,000 permanent logistics employees in 18 logistics centres at 17 locations in Germany.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2022), Amazon , Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 106803, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/106803.