Fox Business Flash headlines are here. See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com.
Amazon Inc. announced Tuesday plans to expand operations and add thousands of jobs within six major U.S. tech hubs across the country.
The e-commerce giant led by Jeff Bezos will add 3,500 new tech and business jobs across its hubs in Dallas, Detroit, Denver, New York City, Phoenix and San Diego. The company also plans to invest more than $ 1.4 billion in these new offices, which “will host teams that support businesses across the company,” Amazon said.
AMAZON OVERCOME RELOCATING SOME SEATTLE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZN | AMAZON.COM INC. | 3,286.22 | +103.81 | + 3.26% |
GERMAN WATCHDOG LAUNCHES AMAZON THIRD PARTY SELLER INFORMATION
The plans include 2,000 new jobs inside the iconic Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue building in Manhattan, where the company plans to open a new 630,000-square-foot office. Amazon bought the WeWork building for more than $ 1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.
In addition to New York, there will be 600 positions in Dallas, 500 in Phoenix and 200 in San Diego. The offices of Denver and Detroit will each have 100 open positions.
The teams will help support operations including AWS, Alexa, Amazon Advertising, Amazon Fashion, OpsTech and Amazon Fresh. Roles will range from cloud infrastructure architects and software engineers to data scientists, product managers and users of user experience, the company said.
The company hopes the jobs will help grow the emerging technology workforce in the various communities, said Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president for human resources.
GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO by clicking here
“People from all walks of life come to Amazon to develop their careers – from recent graduates looking for a place to turn their ideas into high-impact products, to veterans gaining access to new jobs in cloud computing through our upskilling programs, “Galetti said.
Since 2010, the e-commerce giant has created more than 600,000 jobs in the province and invested more than $ 350 billion in more than 40 states. In recent decades, the company also showed that its direct investments are estimated to have contributed an additional $ 315 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 780,000 jobs in addition to its direct hires.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT FOXBUSINESS
