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It’s a commitment to our employees, our customers, our communities, the environment, and the world. Everyday we strive to be Earth’s Best (and Safest) Employer. What does that mean for you, someone considering not just a job, but a career at Amazon? 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We actively recruit candidates through our partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and women’s colleges. We have over 40,000 veterans and military spouses working at Amazon.</div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-center flex-align-content-center flex-justify-content flex-justify-content-center hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb18" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="image image-width-auto align-center nolazy"> <img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/wfs/DEI-1.jpg" data-src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/wfs/DEI-1.jpg" alt="Two Amazon warehouse associates laughing together" title="" height="auto" class="why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb23"></div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb13" id=""><div class="spacer"></div></div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb13" id=""><div class="spacer"></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb18" id=""><div class="image image-width-auto align-center nolazy"> <img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/wfs/FC_BFI9_Dupont_357_1200x800_Web_Mobile._CB1681418642_.jpg" data-src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/wfs/FC_BFI9_Dupont_357_1200x800_Web_Mobile._CB1681418642_.jpg" alt="Amazon associates discussing warehouse operations" title="" height="auto" class="why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb23"></div></div><div class="padding-left-xlarge flex-container flex-align-items-center flex-align-content-center hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb18" id=""><div class="padding-top-base flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><h3 class="heading align-start color-ebony-clay trimSpace device-custom font-size-mobile-t500 font-size-tablet-t500 font-size-t400">Leadership Support</h3></div><div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-center flex-align-content-center flex-justify-content flex-justify-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="text align-start text text-normal color-ebony-clay font-size-t100 hyperlink-color- font-weight-normal device-custom font-size-mobile-t200 font-size-tablet-inherit align-start">As a leading U.S. employer, we have an important role to play in providing Amazonians access to the education and training they need to grow their careers. Over the next five years, Amazon is dedicating over $700 million to provide 100,000 employees, roughly a third of our U.S. workforce, with access to training programs.<br><br>We’re launching, scaling and investing in skills training programs that support employees across our corporate offices, tech hubs, fulfillment centers, retail stores and transportation networks. Small and large, the programs meet our employees where they are – providing opportunities for Amazonians to get trained at their place of work and in high-demand areas like medicine, cloud computing, and machine learning.</div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb13" id=""><div class="spacer"></div></div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb13" id=""><div class="spacer"></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-center hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb18" id=""><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-center flex-align-content-center flex-justify-content flex-justify-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="padding-top-base flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><h3 class="heading align-start color-ebony-clay trimSpace device-custom font-size-mobile-t500 font-size-tablet-t500 font-size-t400">Safety</h3></div><div></div></div><div class="padding-right-xlarge padding-bottom-xxlarge flex-container flex-align-items-center flex-align-content-center flex-justify-content flex-justify-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="text align-start text text-normal color-ebony-clay font-size-t100 hyperlink-color- font-weight-normal device-custom font-size-mobile-t200 font-size-tablet-inherit align-start">The health and safety of our employees has always been Amazon’s top priority. We work closely with health and safety experts and scientists. We conduct thousands of safety inspections each day in our buildings. And we’ve made hundreds of changes as a result of employee feedback on how we can improve their well-being at work.<br><br>In 2020 Amazon invested over $11.5 billion on COVID-related initiatives to keep employees safe and get products to customers. This includes investments related to COVID-19 safety measures such as personal protective equipment, enhanced cleaning of our facilities, processes that allow for effective social distancing, higher wages for hourly teams, and developing our own COVID-19 testing capabilities.</div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-center flex-align-content-center flex-justify-content flex-justify-content-center hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb18" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="image image-width-auto align-center nolazy"> <img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/wfs/SC_RNT9_Fife_335_1200x800_Web_Mobile._CB1681418642_.jpg" data-src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/wfs/SC_RNT9_Fife_335_1200x800_Web_Mobile._CB1681418642_.jpg" alt="Amazon warehouse associates practicing safe stretching exercises" title="" height="auto" class="why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb23"></div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb13" id=""><div class="spacer"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb13" id=""><div class="spacer"></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb18" id=""><div class="image image-width-auto align-center nolazy"> <img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/wfs/sustainability-solar._CB1628712211_.jpg" data-src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/wfs/sustainability-solar._CB1628712211_.jpg" alt="Amazon fulfillment center aerial view" title="" height="auto" class="why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb23"></div></div><div class="padding-left-xlarge flex-container flex-align-items-center flex-align-content-center hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb18" id=""><div class="padding-top-base flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><h3 class="heading align-start color-ebony-clay trimSpace device-custom font-size-mobile-t500 font-size-tablet-t500 font-size-t400">Sustainability</h3></div><div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-center flex-align-content-center flex-justify-content flex-justify-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="text align-start text hyperlink text-normal color-ebony-clay font-size-t100 hyperlink-color-blue-80 font-weight-normal device-custom font-size-mobile-t200 font-size-tablet-inherit align-start">In 2019, Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge—a commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across our business by 2040 and to invite others to sign on to this new level of ambition. As part of our path to the Pledge, Amazon has made significant commitments toward reaching our goal. <a href="https://hiring.amazon.com/why-amazon/sustainability">Read more about our sustainability efforts here</a>.</div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb13" id=""><div class="spacer"></div></div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="spacer"></div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="spacer"></div></div></div><div class="padding-top-xlarge flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="border-color-neutral-30 border-top-1px flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="spacer"></div></div></div><div class="background-color-neutral-05 flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="padding-top-base flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><h4 class="heading align-center color-ebony-clay trimSpace device-custom font-size-mobile-inherit font-size-tablet-inherit ">Ready to get started?</h4></div><div class="padding-bottom-xsmall flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="text align-center text hyperlink text-normal color-ebony-clay font-size-t200 hyperlink-color-blue-80 font-weight-normal align-center">Explore our <a href=" /hiring-process">Hiring Process</a>, <a href=" /hiring-process/application-guide">Application Guide</a>, <a href=" /accommodations">Accommodations</a>, and <a href="/faq">FAQs</a></div></div><div class="padding-bottom-base flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="align-center"><a href="/app#/jobSearch" aria-label="Search all jobs on Amazon Delivers.com" class="button button-size-large button-type-primary button-theme-blue-70 button-width-auto font-weight-normal " role="button" tabindex="0">Search All Jobs</a></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="spacer"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="border-color-neutral-30 border-top-1px flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="spacer"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="padding-bottom-xlarge flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="has-max-width"><div class="hvh-widget " id="hvh-jobAlert" data-hvh-position="jobAlert"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="flex-container flex-align-items-stretch flex-align-content-flex-start flex-full-width hvhcareer ember why-amazon-culture-en-us-sb0" id=""><div class="hvh-widget" data-hvh-position="footer"></div></div></div></div> </div> <script src="https://d3216uwaav9lg7.cloudfront.net/assets-HVHCareer.js" type="text/javascript" nonce="hxwBXq/wkG9JDrp8hLAfyQ=="></script> </section> <script nonce="hxwBXq/wkG9JDrp8hLAfyQ=="> (function () { function getCookie(name) { const cookies = '; 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