Amazon to fully fund college tuition for frontline employees
Amazon to fully fund college tuition for frontline employees
Sept 9 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O will fully fund college tuition for over 750,000 of its frontline employees, the e-commerce giant said on Thursday, stepping up its efforts to attract and retain workers in a tight domestic labor market.
路透9月9日電-亞馬遜電商巨頭AMZN.O週四表示，將全額資助超過75萬名一線員工的大學學費，加大力度在緊張的國內勞動力市場吸引和留住工人。
It plans to spend about $1.2 billion in the next four years on its U.S employees, funding full college tuition and high school diplomas, including English proficiency certifications as well as upskilling programs, it said in a blogpost
該公司在一篇博客文章中表示，該公司計劃在未來四年內在其美國員工身上花費約12億美元，為全額大學學費和高中文憑提供資金，包括英語水平認證以及技能提升計劃
The move would help Amazon attract talent and beef up its delivery network and fulfillment center staff, at a time when labor shortages have left companies scrambling to fill vacancies and balance remote and in-office work in a reopening economy.
此舉將有助於亞馬遜吸引人才，並加強其配送網絡和履約中心員工，目前勞動力短缺導致公司爭先恐後地填補空缺，並在重新開放的經濟中平衡遠程和辦公室工作。
Amazon said it had seen a surge in applications to participate in education programs since the start of the pandemic, as employees looked to upskill. It offers various upskilling programs including in Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing unit that saw demand shoot up thanks to remote work.
亞馬遜表示，自疫情爆發以來，由於員工希望提高技能，申請參加教育項目的人數激增。它提供各種提高技能的計劃，包括亞馬遜網絡服務(Amazon Web Services)，這是其雲計算部門，由於遠程工作，需求激增。
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