Online retail giant Amazon is hiring more than 15,000 temporary staff across the UK to meet the demands of the Christmas rush.
Amazon said recruitment would be ongoing between now and the festive season. The staff will fill a variety of roles across its eight fulfilment centres and at its Edinburgh customer service centre. It said it expects hundreds of the staff to remain at the company on a permanent basis after the seasonal peak.
Amazon recently opened a 210,000 square foot office in central London as it prepares for further expansion and has more than 6,000 permanent employees in the UK.
'On our busiest shopping day last Christmas, customers ordered a total of 3.5 million items during one 24-hour period at a rate of 44 items a second. During the Christmas season, seasonal associates play a critical role in making sure we meet increased demand from customers,' said Catherine McDermott, director of operations at Amazon UK.
'As we continue to expand our UK operations, we expect many hundreds of these temporary associates to move into permanent positions as has been the case in previous years,' she said.
Last year it hired 10,000 seasonal staff in the run-up to the festive season and offered continuing roles to 1,000 temporary workers by the end of January, Amazon said.
Amazon's eight fulfilment centres are in Doncaster, Dunfermline, Gourock in Inverclyde, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Rugeley in Staffordshire and Swansea Bay.
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