The online retail giant said the jobs would be across “all levels of experience”Amazon’s latest recruitment drive covers a wide range of roles including software developers, engineers, technicians and those seeking entry level positions and on-the-job training. It plans to hire staff for head office, research and development, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and operations roles in various locations around the country.
In addition to the head office roles, another 650 roles would be created across its UK development centres and AWS, its cloud computing division. As a result, Amazon said it would have over 6500 corporate, research and development and AWS roles in the UK by the end of 2018.
Graduates and interns are in luck as the retail giant says it will hire them in a variety of technical, non-technical and operations roles.
The company is currently recruiting a further 170 apprentices in fulfilment centres across the UK with opportunities in operations, engineering and facilities.
Amazon UK country manager Doug Gurr did not provide further details on how many jobs will be created at its warehouses, although they have confirmed that 16 of their warehouses were set to recruit – including at new sites in Bolton and Coventry.
Amazon said it has invested more than £9.3 billion in its UK operations since 2010.
“The UK is a fantastic place to do business so we are delighted to continue our investment in the British economy and provide quality, permanent roles for people the length and breadth of the country,” Gurr said.
“Whether you are looking for an entry-level role or in highly-specialised fields such as speech science or machine learning, we are proud to be expanding our UK workforce so we can further improve our products and services like AmazonFresh, Prime Video and Amazon Alexa.”
However, the 2500 new jobs on offer marks a slowdown from the 5000 jobs Amazon added to its UK workforce during 2017.
The announcement also comes days after the GMB union accused the company of “terrible conditions and poor treatment of workers” at Amazon warehouses.
In its announcement today, Amazon re-iterated that all of its permanent UK employees, whether working in fulfilment centres or offices, receive competitive pay, a comprehensive benefits package, including private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, an employee discount and a company pension plan.
The online retail giant also stressed how this year it was named one of the top UK companies for both attracting and retaining talent in LinkedIn’s 2018 Top Attractors list.
The research found that Amazon ranks 7th among UK companies, based on job applications, views and connections on its career page, and retention of new employees.
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