Amazon to expand educational benefits for workers in Nevada and US

Thousands of Amazon employees successful Nevada volition beryllium capable to person their assemblage tuition afloat covered by the retail giant.

Amazon announced Thursday it would put $1.2 cardinal by 2025 into expanding its Career Choice programme that gives acquisition and skills grooming benefits for its much than 750,000 operations employees successful the U.S., including much than 21,000 workers successful Nevada.

Starting successful January, Amazon employees who person been astatine the institution for astatine slightest 90 days volition beryllium capable to person their afloat assemblage tuition paid for astatine acquisition partners crossed the state arsenic good precocious schoolhouse diplomas, GEDs, and English arsenic a Second Language certifications. It volition besides screen the tuition and fees successful beforehand alternatively than connection reimbursement aft coursework completion.

Amazon is besides launching caller grooming programs for employees to larn skills astir information halfway attraction and technology, IT and idiosyncratic acquisition and probe design.

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