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 will hire 300 new employees at its site in Boves, near Amiens (Hauts de France region) to address capacity needs.
Following the completion of a first phase of robotisation of this site - which has been ongoing since April 2024 -, there is more place for stock, creating a need for more employees.
The recruitment will start in March and will be carried out in waves starting in March. The recruitment campaign is set to be completed in preparation for the festive season and the peak in activity.
Recruitment campaigns from Amazon in France have already been recorded in the ERM Database 9 times since 2007: 3,000 new recruits in 2024 Amazon 2024 - FR; 3,000 in 2022 Amazon 2022 - FR; 4,000 in 2021 Amazon 2021 - FR; 1,800 in 2019 Amazon 2019 - FR; 500 in 2018 Amazon 2018 - FR; 1,500 in 2017 Amazon 2017 - FR; 700 in 2016 Amazon 2016 - FR and Amazon 2016 - FR; 2,500 in 2014 Amazon 2014 - FR; 400 in 2012 Amazon 2012 - FR; 250 in 2010 Amazon 2010 - FR and 200 in 2007 Amazon 2007 - FR.
Eurofound (2025), Amazon, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 202337, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202337.
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