Amazon

Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; Bourgogne; Saône-et-Loire
Location of affected unit(s)
Chalon-sur-Saône
Sector
Transportation / Storage
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
52.1 - Warehousing and storage
52.1 - Warehousing and storage
400 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
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.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Amazon, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 73939, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73939.