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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
2,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 June 2022
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Amazon, the US multinational company of e-commerce and cloud computing services, is to create 2,000 new permanent jobs in Spain over the course of 2022. The multinational has indicated that it is currently hiring people of all profiles and educational levels, including more than 500 positions in technology positions, as well as cloud experts and solution architects for Amazon Web Services.
In this way, the e-commerce giant, which has a logistics network of more than 30 centres in Spain, would become one of the ten largest employers in Spain, and continues to make progress towards its goal of reaching 25,000 permanent employees by the end of 2025. The company expects to meet its target of closing 2022 with a total workforce of 20,000 permanent employees.
Eurofound (2022), Amazon, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 107023, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107023.
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