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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.1 - Warehousing And Storage
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 February 2024
Employment effect (start)
14 February 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
Amazon, the e-commerce company, will open a new logistics centre in Gorzyczki, where it will employ approximately 1,000 people. The logistics centre in Gorzyczki is Amazon's second investment in the Silesian Voivodeship (there are already facilities in Sosnowiec and Gliwice); ultimately, the centre is to contribute to the development of local investments and the expansion of logistics infrastructure. The logistics centre is due to open in the second half of 2024, but recruitment is already underway, with entry level employees, managers and specialists in operations management, engineering and maintenance, HR, IT and OSH specialists being recruited.
Amazon is the world’s largest e-commerce company, currently employing about 70 000 employees in 10 logistic centres in Poland, where it operates since 2014.
Previous recent business expansions of Amazon in Poland were announced in January 2022, with 200 new jobs (Amazon-2022-PL, May 2021, with 650 jobs created (Amazon-2021a-PL, January 2021, with 1,000 new jobs (Amazon-2021b-PL.
Eurofound (2024), Amazon, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 200828, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200828.
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