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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
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
US online retailer Amazon has announced that it will create 500 new permanent jobs in the Czech Republic in 2018, which will grow its Czech workforce to over 5,000 people. The new jobs will be located at a distribution centre in DobrovÃz and corporate office in Prague. The new vacancies consist of qualified positions in information technology, human resources and management. According to Amazon´s spokeswoman, the company has no problems with recruiting new employees due to attractive benefits, career growth and competitive wages.
Sources
30 January 2018: Aktualne.cz
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Amazon, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 93222, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93222.
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