Despite announcing 10,000 layoffs worldwide, Amazon maintains its hiring forecasts for this year and mid-term in Spain. A tense sense of calm reigns among the staff of the Spanish headquarters, as management maintains complete secrecy about whether this global restructuring process will affect employees of lines like those in Spain. Llobregat’s Prat anyone San Fernando de Henares, according to several union sources consulted. To EL PERIÓDICO, from the company to EL PERIÓDICO, they do not respond to inquiries from the Prensa Ibérica group, insisting that the hiring schedule will continue until 2025 and that Amazon will recruit a total of 5,000 more employees across Spain.
Truck and pickup truck traffic to and from Amazon warehouses across Spain this Black Friday has been heavy, but less than the company expected after the sales peak it experienced during the pandemic. in total 20,000 employees operates in more than 30 logistics centers distributed by the company. Jeff Bezos in spain. The two regions with the most stores are Madrid and Catalonia, with 10 stores each.
In this latter region, the multinational planned to support its expansion strategy with the opening of new centers, especially medium-sized warehouses, given its strategic location close to the French border and the sea. last thousand. However, less consolidation of ‘online’ shopping habits strengthened during the pandemic and an increase in central banks’ rates – the consequent rise in the cost of money to finance this expansion – have slowed these growth plans. Amazon has downed a gear and, for example, its 85,000 square foot macro center Distant d’Emporda (Alt Empordà) won’t be able to open this 2022, as the company originally announced.
Cuts are lubricated among ‘white collars’
Despite the fact that the multinational’s growth will be slower than expected in Spain, management continues to say that by 2025 Amazon will have 25,000 employees in the country, 5,000 more than now. A lot can happen between 2022 and 2025, and what worries warehouse staff in the short term is whether these 10,000 worker cuts will have repercussions. European management and trade unions will meet on January 21 Dublin A meeting where the subject will come to the fore and Amazon can clear the doubts at the same meeting.
Initial information on the restructuring of 10,000 jobs was interrupted in the United States, particularly in the division responsible for home automation device development. alexa. It’s a disruptive technology that’s trying to put one of these products in every single one of the homes around the world, and it’s becoming less common than desired by its designers and advertisers. According to Business Insider, the division responsible for Alexa is expected to close the year with a loss of 10,000 million euros. In other words, cuts will likely be concentrated among ‘white-collar’ workers, leaving out ‘blue-collar’ workers, according to union sources consulted.
The layoffs in the United States and the slowdown in Spain will also affect workers around Amazon who are not officially employed by Amazon. This is the case of deliverers, a key link in the business chain, and much of this is not directly undertaken by the multinational. This has spurred the creation of numerous satellite companies and self-employed workers who were responsible for getting packages home from the warehouse and therefore demanded money from Amazon. Some censored apps labor inspection but still pending trial and the company remains dependent for distribution. It has imposed sanctions in Catalonia in the last two years. 7 million euros Amazon and 21 subcontractors from illegal labor assignment.