Amazon Wants To Hire A Lot Of Connecticut Residents This Holiday Season

WALLINGFORD, CT — Amazon Thursday announced it is hiring for more than 120,000 positions this holiday season across its United States network of fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service sites, and that includes locations in Connecticut. Amazon has job openings at the fulfillment centers in Wallingford and Windsor.

Last year, thousands of holiday positions were transitioned to regular, full-time roles after the holidays and the company said it expects to continue that trend this year. (Subscribe to your local patch in Connecticut for the latest breaking news and our daily newsletters.)

“We prepare year round for the holidays and we’re excited to hire for over 120,000 positions this season to help delight our customers,” said Dave Clark, Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Customer Fulfillment, in a statement. “We look forward to welcoming back holiday employees who return year-after-year to Amazon and welcome new faces to the team, many of whom will continue on with regular, full-time roles with the company after the holidays.”

Connecticut is still trying to woo Amazon to build its second North American headquarters. The state officially backed pitches from Hartford and Stamford, but Danbury also decided to submit a pitch of its own.

The open positions in Wallingford and Windsor pay between $12 and $13 per hour, but the company is also hiring an operations manager in Wallingford. Find out more about the jobs and apply here.

William Bornhoft, Patch Staff contributed to this report.

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