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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
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 June 2012
Employment effect (start)
22 June 2012
Foreseen end date
31 October 2012
Description
On 22 June, the French subsidiary of American online sales company Amazon announced to recruit between 400 and 450 employees on permanent contracts for its new logistic site. The recruitment process has started.
Additionally, it will implement a new logistic platform in Châlon-sur-Saône that will create a total of 1,000 positions - at peak times - on permanent employment contracts and temporary contracts. The platform will be built over the next two years.
Eurofound (2012), Amazon, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 73939, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73939.
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