Amazon in Clay to offer hiring bonuses as holiday season nears

The Amazon warehouse in Clay is looking to hire 700 more employees as the holiday season nears. The retailer is willing to pay new hires up to $1,000 to join, it said on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com)

Clay, N.Y. — An Amazon distribution center in Clay is looking to hire another 700 more workers as the holiday season nears.

Amazon is offering signing bonuses of up to $1,000 for the new workers, which include seasonal, part-time and full-time positions, the retailer said in a news release Thursday. Seasonal workers will have the opportunity get full-time positions after the holidays, according to Amazon.

Amazon currently employs about 2,500 people at its 3.8 million square feet facility in Clay. The distribution center is anticipating to ship out as many as 400,000 products each day during the holiday rush from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

Packing, sorting and shipping positions are available and can be applied for online or in-person at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Clay at 7211 Morgan Road.

The in-person hiring event runs Monday to Friday next week from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Morgan Road center. Candidates can get hired on the spot with work authorization documents.

Pay for frontline workers at the giant center off Morgan Road starts at $16 an hour. Employees also get health insurance, 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave and full company funding of their college tuition for associate and bachelor’s degrees, even if those degrees are in a field other than those related to Amazon’s business.

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