Amazon Plans 4,000 More Jobs in the UK This Year, Defying Tech Downturn

The latest hiring push will bring the company’s permanent workforce in Britain to over 75,000.

The latest hiring push will bring the company's permanent workforce in Britain to over 75,000.Amazon announced Friday it would create more than 4,000 permanent jobs in the U.K. in 2022, defying a wave of job cuts in the tech industry.

The roles will include job functions in software development, product management, and engineering, as well as operational duties in fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations. Additional staff will be added in a number of regions across the U.K., including Wakefield and Knowsley in northern England, where the firm is opening two new Amazon fulfilment centers.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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