Amazon will hire 1,600 people in Italy by the end of the year
This was announced by the same company which also talks about the opening of new offices and the construction of two new logistics centers in Veneto and Lazio. The company will therefore go from 6,900 employees to 8,500
(Photo: Sebastian Kahnert / Getty Images) Despite the coronaviru s pandemic, Amazon recorded a 26% growth in total revenues for the first quarter of 2020. Therefore the ecommerce giant has focused on new hires and salary increases mainly due to the sharp increase in the demand for online products since lockdown measures have been introduced in various countries around the world. New company policies that are also reflected in Italy. Amazon has announced that 1,600 workers will be hired indefinitely by the end of 2020. "People with all kinds of experience, education and skill levels in areas such as software development, linguistics, logistics, human resources and it," reads the statement. The new workers will be employed in the various Italian offices of the company - such as "the business center in Milan, the development centers in Turin and Asti or the Customer service in Cagliari" - and will bring the company's workforce to 8,500 employees against 6,900 last year.Investments
As stated in the company's note, Amazon has invested 1.8 billion euros in Italy in 2019 for a total of 5.8 billion since , 10 years ago, landed in our countries. Loans that covered the opening of over 25 logistics centers and thousands of jobs. In the future, in addition to the new hires, the construction of two other centers is planned: one in Castelguglielmo - San Bellino in Veneto and another in Colleferro in Lazio. Furthermore, the opening of further sorting depots is already scheduled in the second part of the year in Catania, Cagliari, Genoa, Pisa, Brescia, Parma and Milan.it Is always the company to emphasize that, according to a study conducted by research company the Keystone, thanks to investments of this type, over the years, “for the indirect effect, have created more than 120 thousand new jobs , for example in the areas of construction, logistics and small and medium-sized enterprises. The company has also contributed to the Gdp in Italy to 7.6 billion euros between 2010 and 2019” .
But it is not enough. Amazon wants to do its part in combating climate change . By 2025, the goal is to use 100% renewable energy in all the activities, trying to get to zero Co2 emissions, at the global level by 2040. In the next 20 years, the company wants to transform itself into a company with zero impact.
