Amazon keeps investing heavily in its infrastructure across Europe recruiting thousands of employees over the past months.
After the financial crisis, she began collaborating with tech startups, and built Starling bank. Today, her mobile-only Starling Bank serves customers all over the UK thanks to Amazon Web Services.
On Grandparents Day, Amazon has invited the employee’s relatives for a tour at the company, to discover the workplace of their grandkids.
Amazon is a powerful engine of growth for the national economy - revitalizing communities across Europe through job creation, economic investment, and innovative services.
Amazon to create over 2,500 permanent jobs in the UK in 2018, bringing total permanent workforce to more than 27,500
Company hiring up and down the country in head office, research and development, AWS and operations roles Amazon Web Services (AWS) and UK Development Centres to add over 650 jobs this year bringing total UK head office, development centre and AWS roles to over 6,500.
Celebrating Luxembourg-US Business Award
We are pleased to now have over 2,000 permanent employees in Luxembourg, and see our contribution to Luxembourg’s economic development recognized in the Luxembourg-United States business awards.
Economic impact
See how Amazon's investments have impacted the European Union.
We seek top talent from all industries and a range of backgrounds to join our offices around the world. People who succeed at Amazon have something in common—they are customer-centric, they are leaders and they are innovators.
From actress to Amazon: Pia Ambardar on career change and finding the job you love
On bold bets, childhood dreams and innovating on behalf of customers: a conversation with Pia Ambardar, Head of Business Development for Dash Europe.
The Kind Face behind the Amazon Locker
Determination, kindness and curiosity: that’s the recipe for success concocted by Marianna, a woman with a steely determination and kind nature from Potenza in Southern Italy who works for Amazon’s Access Point team.
We're a company of builders. Of pioneers. It's our job to make bold bets, and we get our energy from inventing on behalf of customers. Here are just some of the innovations pioneered by Amazon, and we're always looking for the next one.
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Amazon Introduces Alexa and Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Spot in France
Alexa, the brain that powers the Echo family of devices, is coming to France, along with three Alexa-enabled devices: Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Spot. Customers can pre-order devices beginning today. Echo and Echo Dot will begin shipping the week of 11 June, with Echo Spot to follow next month.
Amazon Home Services launches in the UK, helping customers get the most out of their product purchases
Customers can now buy guaranteed, professional assembly and installation services alongside millions of products from Amazon.co.uk
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles aren't just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. These Principles work hard, just like we do. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they're discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer's problem, or interviewing candidates. It's just one of the things that makes Amazon peculiar.
Half of the items sold on Amazon worldwide are from small and medium-sized businesses that offer their products through Amazon Marketplace
European artisans are growing their businesses
Handmade at Amazon offers more than 30,000 handcrafted products sold by artisans, with hundreds of items being added daily.
Computer kits designed to unleash creativity
Kano, one of the founding companies on Amazon Launchpad, is the company behind the computer anyone can make, with simple steps, playful projects, and creative tools for people who want to make technology, not just use it.
Amazon has long been committed to communities where our employees live and work. Today, we're diving deeper than ever to provide innovative, creative and unique ways to support communities across the world. We are focused on our neighbors in immediate need - families fighting homelessness, hunger, and natural disasters, We are also focused on the next generation - providing resources and igniting passion for STEM education.
How we are supporting our communities
Amazon in the Community Luxembourg have recently carried out various activities with the underprivileged families based on our partnership with Caritas as well as the students of the Lenster Lycée of Junglinster, Luxembourg.
Design—and enthusiasm—with no limits
‘Limitless’ is the project that saw Monika, Urte, Francesca and Ankita—four students enrolled on the Master in Interior Design at IED Milan—win the Amazon Design Awards, a competition for which students were asked to redesign Amazon’s sorting centres with practicality and employee comfort in mind.
Our company
Learn more about Amazon.
Our mission
We aim to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Our mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
How we operate
We have four core principles that guide us in delivering on our mission. These include customer obsession rather than competitor focus, nurturing a passion for invention, maintaining a commitment to operational excellence, and a focus on long-term thinking.