Amazon Aims to Entice Workers With Free College Bachelor's Degrees
- 3 years ago
Amazon Aims
to Entice Workers, With Free College
Bachelor’s Degrees.
Amazon will begin helping its employees
pay for bachelor’s degrees starting in 2022.
Yahoo reports that over 750,000 hourly employees, including those who work part-time, will be eligible for the company’s expanded educational benefits.
Yahoo reports that over 750,000 hourly employees, including those who work part-time, will be eligible for the company’s expanded educational benefits.
Employees will be able to receive up to $5,250 a year
to cover tuition for a wide range of educational programs,
including bachelor’s degrees and GEDs.
Employees will be able to receive up to $5,250 a year
to cover tuition for a wide range of educational programs,
including bachelor’s degrees and GEDs.
Employees will be able to choose from an approved list of programs in high-demand areas.
According to Yahoo, the company
is still determining the full list, and it may
vary based on local labor market needs.
According to Yahoo, the company
is still determining the full list, and it may
vary based on local labor market needs.
The announcement comes after similar programs were unveiled by Walmart and Target, as companies compete to fill job postings.
The announcement comes after similar programs were unveiled by Walmart and Target, as companies compete to fill job postings.
Amazon's education benefits program,
Career Choice, was started in 2012. .
About 50,000 employees have
participated in the program.
We launched Career Choice
almost ten years ago to help remove
the biggest barriers to continuing
education — time and money —
and we are now expanding it
even further to pay full tuition
and add several new fields of study, Dave Clark, CEO of Worldwide
Consumer at Amazon,
via statement.
We launched Career Choice
almost ten years ago to help remove
the biggest barriers to continuing
education — time and money —
and we are now expanding it
even further to pay full tuition
and add several new fields of study, Dave Clark, CEO of Worldwide
Consumer at Amazon,
via statement
to Entice Workers, With Free College
Bachelor’s Degrees.
Amazon will begin helping its employees
pay for bachelor’s degrees starting in 2022.
Yahoo reports that over 750,000 hourly employees, including those who work part-time, will be eligible for the company’s expanded educational benefits.
Yahoo reports that over 750,000 hourly employees, including those who work part-time, will be eligible for the company’s expanded educational benefits.
Employees will be able to receive up to $5,250 a year
to cover tuition for a wide range of educational programs,
including bachelor’s degrees and GEDs.
Employees will be able to receive up to $5,250 a year
to cover tuition for a wide range of educational programs,
including bachelor’s degrees and GEDs.
Employees will be able to choose from an approved list of programs in high-demand areas.
According to Yahoo, the company
is still determining the full list, and it may
vary based on local labor market needs.
According to Yahoo, the company
is still determining the full list, and it may
vary based on local labor market needs.
The announcement comes after similar programs were unveiled by Walmart and Target, as companies compete to fill job postings.
The announcement comes after similar programs were unveiled by Walmart and Target, as companies compete to fill job postings.
Amazon's education benefits program,
Career Choice, was started in 2012. .
About 50,000 employees have
participated in the program.
We launched Career Choice
almost ten years ago to help remove
the biggest barriers to continuing
education — time and money —
and we are now expanding it
even further to pay full tuition
and add several new fields of study, Dave Clark, CEO of Worldwide
Consumer at Amazon,
via statement.
We launched Career Choice
almost ten years ago to help remove
the biggest barriers to continuing
education — time and money —
and we are now expanding it
even further to pay full tuition
and add several new fields of study, Dave Clark, CEO of Worldwide
Consumer at Amazon,
via statement