Amazon has announced that it plans to hire another 1,000 workers for its UK warehouse operations, read a report on Monday.
The online retailer said the separate announcement would boost staffing levels across its eight existing distribution sites.
It said the new roles would be full-time and successful applicants would start on an average £7.39 per hour and earn up to £8.90 per hour after two years.
The company, which has battled industrial unrest in a number of countries over pay and conditions of service at its so-called fulfilment centres, said it had “continued to implement new programmes and ways of working for the benefit of its entire workforce”.
These included, Amazon said, staff now working four ten-hour shifts per week “meaning they benefit from three days off every week”.
The retailer pointed out that the change meant “associates” would save both time and money through fewer visits to work.
John Tagawa, Director of UK Operations at Amazon, said, “Over the past two years, we have added well in excess of 2,000 new employees to our workforce and we are delighted to be able to add a further 1,000 to that number over the coming months.
“We have continued to focus day in, day out on providing the very best shopping experience for our customers and as we see greater demand, we are able to rapidly grow our talented team across the UK”.
The US-based firm said the jobs would be created across its service centres at Doncaster, Dunfermline, Gourock, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Rugeley and Swansea Bay.
Amazon became the latest multinational last week to be investigated by the European Commission over its tax affairs.
