Amazon Offers New Delivery, Warehouse Workers $3,000 Sign-up Bonus

Posted on September 22, 2021 by mailomg in memo 562 // 0 Comments

The roles in fulfillment and transportation offer an average starting wage of more than $18 per hour—and up to $22.50 per hour in some locations. The company also provides full-time employees with comprehensive benefits from day one, worth an additional $3.50 per hour.

Local jobs in fulfillment and transportation offer an average starting pay of more than $18 per hour, sign-on bonuses, comprehensive benefits, and access to training programs

SEATTLE, WA — Amazon announced that it is providing an additional 125,000 local employment opportunities throughout the U.S., on top of the 40,000 corporate and technology jobs announced earlier this month. The roles in fulfillment and transportation offer an average starting wage of more than $18 per hour—and up to $22.50 per hour in some locations. The company also provides full-time employees with comprehensive benefits from day one, worth an additional $3.50 per hour.

Amazon also offers employees its Amazon’s Career Choice program, in which the company will pay full college tuition for its front-line employees as part of a $1.2 billion investment to expand education and skills training for its U.S. workforce.

Hiring for the new roles is already underway and sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000 are available in select locations … (click to read more)

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