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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
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
US online retailer Amazon has announced it will create up to 1,000 permanent jobs at its two sites (DobrovÃz near Prague and Prague's corporate office) in the Czech Republic during 2017. The company currently employs over 3,000 people in the country. The company will recruit both unskilled and highly educated people. Amazon will provide a monetary contribution of up to CZK 120,000 (EUR 4,440) to employees for any education.
In Europe, the Amazon plans to create a total of 15,000 jobs. This is a record number of employees in one year.
Sources
20 February 2017: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Amazon, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 90304, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90304.
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