AMAZON has said it will recruit 150 people in Northern Ireland for seasonal support roles for the Christmas period.
On Thursday the online giant announced plans to create 7,000 new permanent jobs at its warehouses and other sites across the UK.
But it appears just a handful of those jobs will be in the north.
In June Amazon announced that its move to a new delivery station in Belfast's Harbour Estate would result in its workforce expanding from 25 to more than 40.
The company said the jobs will be Amazon logistics roles.
Amazon said yesterday that it had already taken on 3,000 new employees this year, with its UK workforce expanding to over 40,000 by the end of the year.
The tech giant also said that it will seek to fill 20,000 seasonal positions across the UK ahead of the festive period. A spokesperson for the company told The Irish News: “In Northern Ireland, we will be recruiting for more than 150 seasonal positions to support our festive operations.”
Stefano Perego, Amazon's vice president of European customer fulfilment, said: "We're proud to be creating 10,000 new permanent roles across our UK network of fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations offering competitive wages and comprehensive benefits starting on day one.
"Our people have played a critical role in serving customers in these unprecedented times and the new roles will help us continue to meet customer demand and support small and medium-sized businesses selling on Amazon.”
