Amazon announces 200 new jobs in Dublin and pay hike
Amazon is hiring 200 new staff for its Irish logistics operations and increasing the minimum starting pay for frontline employees to €17.10 per hour. This move follows previous rounds of global job cuts that impacted the company's Irish workforce earlier in the year.
Why it matters
The expansion signals a stabilization in Amazon's logistics workforce in Ireland following a period of global economic uncertainty and layoffs.
Online retail giant Amazon has started recruiting for 200 new jobs at its operations sites in Dublin which include its main distribution warehouse in Baldonnel, as well as two delivery stations in Rathcoole and Ballycoolin.
The company said its Baldonnel site, which is known as a "fulfilment centre", now employs 700 people.
It was officially opened in 2022 with the creation of 500 jobs.
Amazon has also announced that the minimum starting pay for frontline operations employees in Ireland is to increase to €17.10 per hour.
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