DJ Amazon Set to Hire 3,000 Corporate Employees in Boston, Continue U.S. Expansion
By Sebastian Herrera
Amazon.com Inc. is planning to add 3,000 employees in its corporate ranks in the Boston area, one of a number of expansions of technology jobs in major American cities for the company.
The online retailer said the jobs will be distributed across support teams from the Alexa smart speaker system to Amazon Web Services, Amazon Robotics and Amazon Pharmacy, a new business unit launched in November. The jobs will include roles in technology and software development.
The hiring plans in Boston add to one of several recent expansions for Amazon, which is the nation's second-largest employer, with a workforce in the U.S. totaling more than 800,000 people. The company last year saw unparalleled growth, adding more than 400,000 employees, bringing its global workforce to more than 1.1 million. The company has added thousands of jobs to corporate offices across America, including in large hubs like New York, San Diego and Dallas.
The company's expansion in numerous U.S. cities comes almost two years after its closely watched plans to establish one part of a second headquarters in New York crumbled following backlash from some local, state and congressional officials and activists over the project, which included roughly $3 billion in tax incentives.
Amazon said it leased a 17-story office building in Boston's Seaport development to accommodate its growing workforce in the city. The company said it isn't receiving any new financial incentives for the expansion.
The roughly 630,000 square-foot office will include work space, "innovation labs" and mixed-use common areas for employees, Amazon said. Amazon earlier leased a 430,000-square-foot building set to be completed this year that will accommodate about 2,000 employees.
Last fall, Amazon said it is committed to keeping its corporate employees in offices. Even as many companies have embraced remote work, executives have said they value connections made by employees at offices and the ability for them to work in an ad hoc fashion.
"We are looking forward to returning to the office," Ardine Williams, vice president of workforce development at Amazon, told The Wall Street Journal in August when the company unveiled an expansion in six U.S. cities. She said urban locations remain critical to Amazon's company structure and provide talent pools that the company expects will remain robust.
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DJ亞馬遜將在波士頓招聘3000名公司員工,繼續在美國擴張
塞巴斯蒂安·埃雷拉(Sebastian Herrera)
亞馬遜公司(Amazon.com Inc.)計劃在波士頓地區的公司隊伍中增加3000名員工,這是該公司在美國主要城市擴大技術工作崗位的一項舉措。
這家在線零售商表示,這些工作將分配給支持團隊,從Alexa智能揚聲器系統到亞馬遜網絡服務、亞馬遜機器人和亞馬遜藥房,後者是11月推出的一個新業務部門。這些職位將包括技術和軟件開發方面的職位。
波士頓的招聘計劃是亞馬遜最近幾次擴張中的一項,亞馬遜是美國第二大僱主,在美國的員工總數超過80萬人。該公司去年實現了無與倫比的增長,增加了40多萬名員工,使其全球員工總數達到110多萬人。該公司在美國各地的公司辦公室增加了數千個工作崗位,包括紐約、聖地亞哥和達拉斯等大型中心。
在該公司在美國多個城市擴張的近兩年前,該公司備受關注的在紐約設立第二個總部的計劃因一些地方、州和國會官員以及活動人士對該項目的強烈反對而泡湯。該項目包括大約30億美元的税收優惠。
亞馬遜表示,它在波士頓海港開發項目租了一棟17層的寫字樓,以容納該市不斷增長的勞動力。該公司説,它沒有收到任何新的擴張資金獎勵。
亞馬遜表示,這座佔地約63萬平方英尺的辦公室將包括辦公空間、“創新實驗室”和供員工使用的多用途公共區域。亞馬遜早些時候租賃了一座43萬平方英尺的建築,將於今年完工,將容納約2000名員工。
去年秋天,亞馬遜表示,它致力於讓公司員工留在辦公室裏。儘管許多公司已經接受了遠程工作,但高管們表示,他們重視員工在辦公室建立的聯繫,以及他們以臨時方式工作的能力。
亞馬遜負責勞動力發展的副總裁阿丁·威廉姆斯(Ardine Williams)在8月份公司公佈了在美國六個城市的擴張計劃時告訴《華爾街日報》:“我們期待着重返辦公室。”她説,城市位置對亞馬遜的公司結構仍然至關重要,並提供了公司預計將保持強勁的人才庫。
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