Amazon is offering new starters £1k to work in Durham or Gateshead

The online retailer has advertised the attractive sum on its Fulfilment Associate roles at either its Bowburn site, near Durham, or new Gateshead site opening next month.

It comes as Amazon is soon set to have created more than 4,000 permanent jobs across the region since opening its first site in Darlington, last year.

Read more: The jobs still up for grabs as opening date set for Amazon Gateshead

But Amazon, which has said the offer will only last until the third week of September, is understood to be needing the workers to help meet a boom in online shopping demand.

A Fulfilment Associate at Amazon MME2 in Durham Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

In an advert for the role, it says workers are needed to help pick, pack and dispatch orders to customers, with pay starting at £10 an hour.

Deadline and how to apply

However, new starters will need to have started their role before September 18, 2021 to qualify for the pro-rata bonus.

According to the job ads, Amazon is offering “immediate starts with no experience needed” for many of the warehouse roles.

Amazon is not the only firm offering joining bonuses to attract much-needed workers, with firms such as Tesco and Asda offering lorry drivers £1,000 on sign up.

In recent months, firms across the UK have struggled amid a mounting hiring crisis with a shortage of HGV drivers, and hospitality seeing issues with recruitment after lockdown.

To apply for the roles at Durham or Gateshead - click here 

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