Amazon Canada today announced its commitment to hiring 15,000 full-time and part-time employees across Canada and increasing employees’ wages. Frontline employees will receive $17 per hour to $21.65 per hour with comprehensive benefits starting on day one, including access to health, dental and vision benefits, training and education programs, like the Career Choice program, and health and well-being initiatives such as My Wellbeing and family support plans.
“We take our responsibility as an employer seriously,” said Sumegha Kumar, Director of Canadian Customer Fulfillment Operations for Amazon Canada.
“Amazon Canada employs over 25,000 Canadians, and we’re proud to create 15,000 more great jobs at a time when they’re needed in Canada, with increased pay for our amazing employees across our fulfillment, transportation and logistics networks — from Victoria to Dartmouth.”
Amazon Canada will hire 15,000 full-and part-time employees throughout the fall. Full-and part-time employees will also receive an additional $1.60 – $2.20 per hour, starting immediately, regardless of their tenure with the company.
Health and Benefits
At Amazon, every full-time employee, regardless of their position, level or tenure, has access to the same benefits. Some of those benefits include:
• Wages from $17 per hour to $21.65 per hour, with a $100 bonus for new and current employees who show proof of vaccination
• Comprehensive health benefits starting on day one with no waiting period
• RRSP matching
• Stock units
• Kids & Company special packages including a guaranteed spot at Kids & Company Child Care locations within six months of registration, a 10 percent discount off monthly in-center tuition, waived registration fees, backup care options and access to virtual workshops and events
• Employee and Family Assistance Plan provided by LifeWorks and available 24/7 to help Amazon employees and their family members feel supported, by phone, online, and in-person
• Access to up-skilling training programs that meet employees where they are, through Amazon’s commitment to invest $75M to skills-train 100,000 Amazonians by 2025
Additional paid parental leave benefits for eligible employees
• All eligible full-time employees have access to Amazon Career Choice, an innovative program uniquely designed to help upskill people who are interested in pursuing a future in a high-demand field by covering up to 95 percent of tuition fees.
“As a mother of six, Amazon’s flexible work schedules and advancement opportunities have helped me grow both at home and at work,” said Patrice Thompson, Processing Assistant at Amazon Canada. “I enrolled in the Career Choice program to further my education and today I can proudly say that I am a graduate of the Transportation and Logistics program from Sheridan College.”
