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Amazon pledges 30,000 jobs needing no CV as almost one million young Britons are out of work or education

Amazon's NCL1 warehouse in Gateshead, as the company pledges 30,000 jobs for 18-to-24-year-olds by 2030, paying £15.10 an hour with no experience required.
Amazon's NCL1 warehouse in Gateshead, as the company pledges 30,000 jobs for 18-to-24-year-olds by 2030, paying £15.10 an hour with no experience required.

Every role pays at least £15.10 an hour — a rate that works out to over £31,000 a year pro rata — and includes private medical insurance and pension membership from day one. Amazon is also providing 10,000 work experience places targeted at areas with the fewest opportunities. Prime Minister Andy Burnham this week described the situation as an 'economic catastrophe and moral failure'. Employers say hiring costs have surged following Rachel Reeves's 2024 national insurance raid.

The jobs are picking, packing and shipping roles across Amazon's 100-plus UK sites.

Chancellor John Healey dropped a threatened warehouse tax after a backlash from retail bosses.

Amazon UK's John Boumphrey: recruits 'didn't have a CV. They didn't have experience.'

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