Amazon to pay for college education for 750,000 of its employees in the United States

Ecommerce giant Amazon on Thursday announced a plan that offers 750,000 of its employees in the United States the possibility of free university studies, since the company would cover tuition, books and fees.

The measure, which goes from delivery people to storekeepers. The plansIt is part of the efforts that many companies in the country are making to retain their less skilled workers and attract new recruits at a time when companies are struggling to find staff.

In an entry on the company’s blog, Amazon has pledged to allocate $ 1,200 million, between 2022 and 2025, to fund university, high school or language studies for workers who request it, on the sole condition of having a minimum of three months of employment by the company.

The cabinet headed by Andy Jassy indicated that Students will be able to enroll in universities across the United States and the company will pay the tuition fees at the time, without the student needing to advance the money and then be reimbursed.

Since the start of the pandemic, which has led to an unprecedented increase in e-commerce and during which Amazon has seen its business as well as its revenues and profits soar, the company hired 400,000 new workers.

With nearly a million workers, Amazon is the second largest employer in the United States, only behind Walmart supermarkets.

In abril pasado, los empleados de un almacén de Amazon in Alabama rechazaron abrumadoramente en una votación crear el que hubiera sido el primer sindicato de trabajadores de la empresa en Estados Unidos, in a process that captó el interés de los medios y políticos de todo el Country.

The e-commerce giant Amazon reported this week that plans to hire more than 55,000 employees worldwide in the coming months, including 40,000 in the United States, as part of its expansion process. This is equivalent to more than a third of Google’s workforce as of June 30 and almost all of Facebook’s.

The announcement precedes the event scheduled for September 15 when offer career guidance to attract new employees.

In addition to the 40,000 new hires in the United States, the remaining 15,000 will be located in subsidiaries in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany and India. Most of the new jobs will be in your tech department.

“We work hard every day to be the best place to work for people to have long term and rewarding careers.“, noted Andy Jassy, chief executive of Amazon, in a statement.

(With information from EFE)

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