The retail giant is staffing up ahead of the holiday and offering jobs across its 16 Utah locations.
The online giant’s presence in Utah keeps growing. In preparation for the holidays, it says hundreds of jobs are about to open up.
Amazon has announed it plans to hire 1,900 additional people to staff its Utah facilities over the holiday season.Amazon will hire 250,000 employees in preparation for the holiday season, the company announced, and 1,900 of them will be in Utah. Amazon is hosting a hiring event Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Hampton Inn & Suites Salt Lake City Airport, 307 N. Admiral Byrd Road, Salt Lake City — west of the airport. Applicants can go toThe online retailer has 16 facilities across Utah, plus four Whole Foods Market stores — in Salt Lake City at Trolley Square and Sugar House, in Cottonwood Heights, and in Park City’s Kimball Junction. from its Salt Lake “mini” fulfillment center in 2022 and hired 250 people to staff it..
. The state agreed to $5.6 million in tax breaks over 8 years when the fulfillment center opened near the Salt Lake City International Airport in 2017, if the company could hit certain growth and wage benchmarks. According to the state’s database, the contract is still active and Amazon is eligible for a 20% rebate, of which the state has issued between zero and 25%. The company’s web services branch also has a $2.5 million contract with the state, but has not claimed its credits.
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