Ahead of the Festive Season, Amazon India Creates Over 1.1 lakh Seasonal Job Opportunities

 These opportunities include direct and indirect jobs across India in cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Chennai, among others. Notably, Amazon has hired thousands of women associates as well as close to 1900 PWD (persons with disabilities) into its existing network. Amazon India has already onboarded a majority of these new hires.

Sharing his thoughts on the announcement, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs & Sports said, “Amazon’s commitment to create over 1 lakh seasonal employment opportunities across India is a commendable step towards bolstering the nation’s workforce during the festive period. We commend such efforts by Amazon and other corporates to generate inclusive employment opportunities while upholding worker welfare.”

“We are committed to providing customers across every serviceable pin-code in India with fast and reliable deliveries this festive season. Our focus remains on ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all our associates, whether they are working in our buildings or out making deliveries to customers. Our nationwide infrastructure is an engine for creating job opportunities and our focus remains on creating a safe, equitable and empowering environment with social security and financial wellbeing benefits”, said Abhinav Singh, VP – Operations, Amazon India.

“I feel fortunate to be part of Amazon’s mission to provide fast and reliable services to the customers. The supportive work environment and the emphasis on health and safety make it a great place to work. I’m proud to contribute to a company that values its employees and offers opportunities for personal and professional growth,” said Neha Devi, one of the associates who joined Amazon as part of this seasonal hiring.

Amazon India has implemented a range of initiatives focused on associate wellbeing including the recently launched Project Ashray, which offers dedicated resting points for delivery associates across Delhi NCR, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. Amazon also has specific welfare programs like Sushruta which offers comprehensive healthcare support to truck drivers through early detection, diagnosis, and health camps across key regions and the Pratidhi Scholarship which provides scholarships to associates’ children for quality education amongst other such initiatives.

Amazon India has built a strong nation-wide fulfilment and delivery network that is helping more than 1.4 million sellers serve customers across the country. The company has fulfilment centres spread across 15 states, offering 43 million cubic feet of storage space for seller inventory; sortation centres in 19 states; along with a network of close to 2,000 Amazon-operated and partner delivery stations. Also, it has 28,000 ‘I Have Space’ partners and thousands of Amazon Flex partners, who are ready to deliver smiles to customers across the country.