In March 2020, during the height of the pandemic, Mary’s Place and Amazon opened their doors to provide shelter, food, medical care, and community resources for families in need through the new Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade. One year later, Mary’s Place and Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos welcomed Washington State Governor […]
After receiving his first shot of the COVID-19 vaccination, Philip Cosand, an Amazon Go Grocery employee in Seattle, was inspired to email Amazon’s COVID-19 volunteer vaccination team. We, in turn, were inspired by Cosand’s sentiment, and asked to share his email. Read his message below, edited lightly for length. “I work at Go Grocery on […]
The NFL has announced its 2021 regular-season schedule, including 11 Thursday Night Football games on Prime Video available at no additional cost to Prime members. For updates throughout the season, follow @SportsOnPrime on Twitter and Instagram. Thursday Night Football on Prime Video will provide members a unique viewing experience with interactive features that bring fans […]
Hiring across Amazon’s Arlington Headquarters is ramping up. Amazon is seeking 1,900 new employees for a variety of technical and non-tech jobs—a record high for the location. Currently more than 1,600 corporate Amazon employees are based out of HQ2. Amazon’s more than $2.5-billion investment in HQ2 and the surrounding area will result in 25,000 Amazon […]
Sherri Yukel and her Wisconsin-based company, Big Dot of Happiness, know how to party. The CEO, founder, and mom of four has built a thriving business providing unique, high-quality party supplies to help customers celebrate in style. “We can make anyone a party-throwing hero and create ‘goose bump moments’ for them,” Sherri said. For 9 […]
_______________________________7:33 AM Prime Day 2018 was the biggest global shopping event in Amazon history. Find out more as we share Prime Day: By the numbers. _______________________________12:01 AM 07/18/18 And that’s a wrap! Thanks for following our Live Blog. And a huge thank you to all of our customers, associates, small business sellers, and everyone who […]
Kelly Bonilla Guzmán, a senior at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Virginia, saw parents in her community struggle to navigate distance-learning tools with their children in 2020, the most disrupted American school year since World War II. Language and computer literacy barriers caused decreased class time and student engagement. To help local, Spanish-speaking parents overcome […]
Amazon is kicking off Global Accessibility Awareness Month (GAAM), its annual, internal accessibility event series focused on digital access and inclusion. Over the month of May, GAAM offers events to Amazon employees worldwide—including technical talks, hands-on training, videos, podcasts, and workshops—to help employees grow their accessibility knowledge and skills. Charli Riggle is a Senior Program […]
What does it mean to be isolated? At a time when many of us are asking ourselves this question, the new Amazon Original series SOLOS offers a new perspective. “My hope is that people watch and feel a little less alone,” said the show’s creator, David Weil. “I want people watching to feel like, ‘oh, […]
