Amazon Hiring 1,000 Distribution Center Workers Throughout Central, South Texas

AUSTIN, TX — Seattle-based e-commerce giant Amazon seeks to hire up to 1,000 employees at its various warehouses throughout South and Central Texas as it embarks on adding 50,000 workers to its distribution centers nationwide, according to reports.

The Amazon "sortation" center in San Antonio where workers sort and package from its dizzying array of products for shipping to customers is in need of more staff. Additionally, the company's Prime Now facility in that city and its distribution centers in Schertz and San Marcos are also hiring, a spokeswoman told the San Antonio Express-News.

Hourly wages vary by position, but employees will receive a benefits package that includes health and disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company stock, the spokeswoman said. Wages start at $12 an hour for a full-time warehouse associate at the company’s Schertz facility, according to a post on the job listing site Indeed.

Moreover, employees can avail themselves of the company’s Career Choice program covering 95 percent of tuition costs for courses “related to in-demand fields, regardless of relevancy of the skills to jobs at Amazon,” the spokeswoman told the newspaper.

Prospective employees can apply on the company’s website.

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