Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Amazon, a multinational technology company with a focus on e-commerce, has announced the creation of 1,000 jobs at its newly built logistics centre in Dummerstorf (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania).
The logistics centre is due to start operations in autumn 2024. Around 450 people are to be hired for the partial operation this year, with a further 550 to be hired next year. When fully operational, around 1,000 people will then work at the site.
Unlike the dispatch centres in Rostock and Neubrandenburg, no goods will be sent directly to customers from Dummerstorf. The new logistics centre will be used to store goods, assemble and pack orders.
Amazon assumes that the company will have 40,000 permanent employees in Germany by the end of the year. The employees currently work in 21 logistics centres, 10 sorting centres and more than 60 distribution centres. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Amazon currently has distribution centres in Neubrandenburg and Rostock.
Eurofound (2024), Amazon, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 201424, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201424.
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