Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
On 20 February 2017, US-based retailer Amazon announced to create more than 2,000 jobs in Germany during 2017. The retailer will be advertising a range of positions for engineers, software developers and young professionals. These jobs will be created in new logistic centres, Amazon offices or development centres. Furthermore, the company plans to expand their new business lines like Amazon Marketplace, Amazon Web Services and Kindle Direct Publishing.
The announcement is part of a plan to create up to 15,000 jobs in Europe, see (Amazon, 2017). It is however not clear if the already announced 1,000 jobs in Frankenthal, see (Amazon, 2016) are being created in addition or fall within these 2,000 jobs.
Overall, Amazon wants to increase its staff numbers in Germany to 16,500 by the end of 2017.
Eurofound (2017), Amazon, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 90480, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90480.
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