Amazon opens up over 1.5 lakh temporary jobs in run-up to festival season

Ecommerce giant Amazon said it has opened up over 150,000 temporary job opportunities for its seasonal workforce to meet its warehouse and delivery needs ahead of the festival season.

These job positions include direct and indirect work opportunities to meet the needs at its fulfilment centres, sort centres, and last-mile delivery stations across the country.

“This festive season, we continue to be focussed on providing fast and reliable deliveries to customers in every serviceable pin code across India. For this, we have strengthened our fulfilment and logistics network with over 1.5 lakh additional people to help us manage increased customer demand efficiently,” said Abhinav Singh, VP, operations, India and Australia, Amazon, in a prepared statement.

The sale events—such as Amazon’s Great Indian Festival and Flipkart’s Big Billion Days—during the festival season typically account for almost half of the gross merchandise value (GMV) these companies report in a year. Hence, platforms hire more workforce to meet this demand.

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As part of its preparation for the upcoming festival season, Amazon India has already onboarded a majority of these new associates. Last year, Amazon India had announced over 110,000 seasonal jobs across its operations network.

“Many of these people continue their journey with Amazon beyond the festive period, with a significant number returning to work with us year after year,” Singh said.

The hiring will be done in over 400 cities, including big cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, and more, as well as smaller cities like Ranchi, Anantnag, and Jalgaon, among others.

The ecommerce giant is strengthening its presence in the smaller cities as it sees growing demand for online shopping coming from tier-II and tier-III markets.

During Amazon’s Prime Day sales this year in July, around 70% of new Prime sign-ups came from smaller towns for the company. Further, about 60-70% of small and medium-sized sellers on Amazon saw most of their orders originate from tier-II and tier-III cities.

A similar trend was seen in the mid-year sales for the broader ecommerce sector. While tier-I and metro cities saw a 15% year-on-year (YoY) rise in order volumes, tier-II and tier-III cities recorded faster growth at 21% and 22%, respectively, during this year’s sale period compared to 2024, according to Unicommerce.

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