Amazon to hire 10k seasonal workers in Poland

E-commerce giant Amazon, will hire over 10,000 seasonal workers in its logistics centers in Poland, the company said. They will help with extra workload during the Christmas season. “We’re preparing whole year for this period, and we are delighted to create thousands of seasonal jobs around the world in the next few months, after which many will continue to work at Amazon as full-time employees,” Vice President of Amazon Europe Steven Harman said. Currently, Amazon employs some 9,000 full-time workers in its five centers in Poland. Last year, out of all seasonal employees hired for the Christmas season, 3,600 stayed with the company afterward as a full-time staff. The company plans to maintain the trend this year. The seasonal workers will be responsible for picking up, packaging and shipping holiday orders from polish centers to customers across Europe. At the same time, the group announced that it is recruiting permanent employees to the current centers at Kołbaskowo and Sosnowiec. The center in Kołbaskowo will start its official activity on Wednesday.