Amazon Pledges $700 Million to Teach Its Workers to Code
Amazon Pledges $700 Million to Teach Its Workers to Code
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
July 16, 20195m 29s
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Show Notes
Amazon announced Thursday that it will spend up to $700 million over the next six years retraining 100,000 of its US employees, mostly in technical skills like software engineering and IT support. Amazon is already one of the largest employers in the country, with almost 300,000 workers (and many more contractors) and it’s particularly hungry for more new talent. The company currently has more than 20,000 vacant US roles, over half of which are at its headquarters in Seattle.
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