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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
2,800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
14 July 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
The US online retail giant Amazon confirmed that it will be creating 2,800 new job vacancies until the end of 2019. Amazon is looking for new employees in all branches. Among others, Amazon is looking for new software developer, language specialists, logistic specialists and IT personnel. Amazon wants to increase the number of employees at all of its 35 sites in Germany. The company intends to open the 13th logistics centre in Mönchengladbach.
Amazon expects to have approximately 20,000 employees by the end of 2019.
Eurofound (2019), Amazon, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 98167, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98167.
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