Business & Tech
Amazon Hiring Over 5,000 People In Georgia For Seasonal, Part-, Full-Time Jobs
Amazon is hiring 150,000 people across the U.S. for jobs starting at $18 per hour with the potential for a sign-on bonus of up to $3,000.
GEORGIA — Looking to make some extra cash during the coming holiday season?
Amazon announced on Monday that it is hiring 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal jobs across the country, including more than 5,000 roles in Georgia.
These operations jobs will start at $18 an hour and new hires could earn sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000, officials said. And workers could make an additional $3 an hour depending on the shift.
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Available operations jobs include picking, stowing, packing, shipping and more. New hires will be fully trained, and all Amazon facilities will follow strict COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
“We are proud to be offering a huge range of full-time, part-time, and now seasonal jobs with great pay and benefits,” said Alicia Boler Davis, Senior Vice President, Global Customer Fulfillment. “Our seasonal hiring helps us deliver on our promises to customers while also providing flexibility to our full-time employees during busy periods. Joining Amazon in one of our seasonal roles offers high-paying, part-time work, or a path to a full-time position, with benefits like our Career Choice program to help people advance their education and careers within Amazon or beyond.”
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The company also provides full-time employees comprehensive benefits from the first day, worth an additional $3.50 per hour, including health, vision and dental insurance, 401(k) with a 50 percent company match, up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave and Amazon's Career Choice program, in which the company will pay full college tuition for its frontline employees as part of a $1.2 billion investment to expand education and skills training benefits for its U.S. workforce.
Seasonal employees will lend a hand to support the more than 250 new fulfillment centers, sortation centers, regional air hubs, and delivery stations that opened this year throughout the nation.
States with the greatest number of seasonal roles include Georgia, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Those interested in working at Amazon can visit amazon.jobs for more information.
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