Amazon to create 1,000 UK jobs

Thrugelmir

Just to dispel some of the myths.

Amazon says it is creating 1,000 permanent new jobs across the UK, on top of 2,500 new posts it announced earlier this year.
The new jobs will mainly be spread across London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Manchester and Leicestershire.
The firm also said it was not changing any plans as a result of Brexit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36730755

SailorSam

Amazon have a terrible reputation for the way they treat their workers. I've seen lots of stories about the drivers who deliver the goods having to work long long hours to complete their daily run and they're responsible for much of the costs incurred. Equally the staff at their depots have targets to hit which can only be met if they're running around all day.

cells

amazon is a tech company they will want to tend towards zero employees. goods in, a fully automated warehouse packs and stores and when orders come in the warehouse packs them and ultimately a self drive van or even areal drone delivers the goods

Thrugelmir

SailorSam wrote: »

Amazon have a terrible reputation for the way they treat their workers. I've seen lots of stories about the drivers who deliver the goods having to work long long hours to complete their daily run and they're responsible for much of the costs incurred. Equally the staff at their depots have targets to hit which can only be met if they're running around all day.

Unfortunately not enough people care. Amazon continues to dominate segments of the market by squeezing out the competition.

At the end of the day a job is a job. Unskilled workers take whatever is on offer.

wotsthat

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Just to dispel some of the myths.

Confirmation bias.

It's a market share story.

Amazon are dramatically increasing their share of online in a market where online itself is still increasing. Whether the UK consumer spends more or less as a result of Brexit Amazon have plenty of market share they want going through them.

They expect it too.

Pennywise

Yes, customer choice is a sod isn't it! No-one forces people to shop at Amazon, they choose to do it. There are damn good reasons too. Mostly that it's now too difficult and expensive for people to drive into town to buy stuff. Even if they do venture into town, most High Streets are the same, with the same chain stores selling what they want you to buy rather than what you actually want and carrying unbelievably low levels of stock in store. These days, whenever I want something, Amazon is my first thought. Sooner or later, there will be another Amazon or two - that's how the free market works. Other entrants will come in, do things slightly differently and take market share. People whinge about the loss of High Street chains, but they forget that those very same chains replaced other chains and thousands of smaller shops. It's just evolution.

Carl31

nice to see the positives of the situation being looked over as it doesn't fit in with the Brexit remainers ideal of the country failing for getting the vote 'wrong'

Another big name not doing anything due to Brexit, i wonder why that is?

SailorSam

Why is everything brought back to Brexit ?
Haven't we got enough threads about it already ? It's done and dusted.

ruggedtoast

Amazon is based in Luxembourg. They have warehouses in the UK, obviously, their business is also growing to incorporate groceries, and as someone else said, online shopping is growing as a market.

They also have a reputation as one of the worst employers on the planet.

1000 paltry minimum wage jobs formed in a country whose currency is in freefall and where 1/5 large businesses announce that they are looking at relocating is about the best news Leave's knuckle draggers can come up with. Which says something in itself.

Thrugelmir

SailorSam wrote: »

Why is everything brought back to Brexit ?
Haven't we got enough threads about it already ? It's done and dusted.

Ramifications have only just started. As will have many subsidiary impacts . The GFC is still just as relevant as 8 years ago. Wasn't just a 48 hour event when Brown saved the UK banks.

Herzlos

Amazon isn't likely to be hit by Brexit, in that they distribute stuff from ROW->UK here. They don't manufacture and export.

They'll maybe have to downsize if customers stop buying, but they won't be affected in any other way.