Amazon Expands Pay and Benefits for Front-line Employees with New Investment of Nearly $1 Billion - Seite 2

These benefit additions come as Career Choice—Amazon's education benefit that empowers employees to learn new skills for career success—celebrates its 10-year anniversary and now has more than 90,000 total employee participants. Since March, Career Choice has added more than 100 new education partners, bringing the current total to over 260, including several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In January 2022, Career Choice expanded to include pre-funded college tuition leading to bachelor’s degrees, new industry certifications, courses to improve English-language proficiency, and high school completion programs. Since launching these enhancements, more than 110 employees have graduated with their GEDs.

“I’m proud to be the first person to get a degree in my family thanks to the Career Choice program,” said Julio Martinez, an employee at Amazon’s data center in Hermiston, OR. “Career Choice allowed me to attend school without the additional stress of the cost because Amazon covered everything.”

Amazon employees around the world team up to meet the needs of customers every day. Employees are the cornerstone of the company, facilitating the journey of an Amazon package, which is why Amazon jobs not only include great pay, but also provide comprehensive benefits for regular full-time employees. In addition to career advancement and earned pay access, Amazon benefits include health, vision, and dental insurance from day one; a 401(k) with 50% company match; up to 20 weeks' paid leave, which includes 14 weeks of pregnancy-related disability leave plus 6 weeks of parental leave; and Amazon’s Resources for Living program, a free mental health benefit offering services and support for employees, their families, and their households. To ensure customer orders are picked, packed, and shipped on time every single day, Amazon continues to invest in our employees, technology, supply chain planning, transportation, and delivery teams in an effort to get customers what they want, when they want it, wherever they are. Learn more about the jobs behind the journey of an Amazon package.

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