Amazon Real Estate Executive Recognized for Leadership in LGBTQ Community
John Schoettler, VP of Corporate Real Estate at Amazon, was named by the Puget Sound Business Journal as an Outstanding Voice of 2017. The award recognizes leadership in the LGBTQ business community.
In a piece with the PSBJ, John discussed his work in Seattle, Amazon's welcoming culture and how he has been able to thrive at the company.
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May 18, 2017
Amazon Ranks #2 on LinkedIn’s Annual Top Companies List
Annual list recognizes best companies at attracting and retaining top talent.
May 15, 2017
Amazon Celebrates Accessibility in May
While many organizations celebrate May 18 as Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the entire month of May is Accessibility Awareness Month at Amazon.
May 10, 2017
Amazon to Build a Permanent Mary's Place Family Shelter Within its Seattle Headquarters
Find out how we are taking our partnership with Mary’s Place to the next level.
May 8, 2017
The Spheres Welcome First Plant – An Australian Tree Fern
Watch Day 1 unfold in The Spheres.
May 2, 2017
Amazon Receives 14 Daytime Emmys
Amazon Originals won nine Daytime Emmys, with Amazon winning 14 overall with the inclusion of the five Emmys for Amazon Direct Series The Bay. Among the original kids series Lost in Oz won three Emmys, The Snow Day garnered two Emmys, and Little Big Awesome and Tumble Leaf each took home one Emmy. In addition, original unscripted series Eat the World won two Emmys.
May 1, 2017
Sharing Our Love of Reading
Robin Mendelson on Amazon’s global World Book Day celebration, sharing why we #LovetoRead.
April 28, 2017
Amazon Surprises Elementary Students with Library Makeover
Associates give new meaning to Amazon Fulfillment when they help to make over a school library for elementary students.
April 25, 2017
Amazonians Honor Pat Tillman’s Memory at 13th Annual Pat’s Run in Arizona
More than 250 Amazonians volunteered and participated in the annual Pat Tillman run. His foundation invests in active-duty service members, veterans, and their spouses through academic scholarships.
April 24, 2017
Students Tour Amazon Greenhouse As Plant Prep for The Spheres Continues
Get a behind-the-scenes peek at the peculiar plants coming soon to The Spheres.
April 22, 2017
Earth Day 2017: Celebrating Sustainability by the Numbers
In the countdown to Earth Day this Saturday, April 22, we’re proud to share some of our recent sustainability wins at Amazon. We plan to keep up the momentum through 2017 and beyond, as we put our innovation and scale to work to help protect the planet.
April 6, 2017
Community in the Cloud
Six years ago, my life changed. Again.
My husband, a U.S. Army medic, was relocated to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state and we moved our family from central California up the West Coast where I had no job or family.
April 5, 2017
Mike Gonzalez, Army Corporate Fellow, Fulfillment Center Operations
For the last few weeks Amazon has been hosting Mike Gonzalez, a retiring Infantry Lieutenant Colonel, as a part of the Hiring our Heroes Corporate Fellowship Program. See what he has to say about life in a fulfillment center compared to his experience in the Army!
April 3, 2017
Amazon’s First Nowruz Celebration Brings Together Employees and Their Families
On March 24th, over 100 Amazon employees and their families gathered to celebrate Nowruz for the first time as a community.
March 31, 2017
Exclusively on Amazon Music: Katy Perry Behind-the-Scenes on “Chained To The Rhythm”
Fans can watch behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Katy’s awe-inspiring music video for her hit single, “Chained To The Rhythm”.
March 30, 2017
Local Artists Come to Amazon for Advice
Find out what Amazon’s legal team is doing to support local artists.
March 30, 2017
Local Love Helps Furry Friends in Texas
Local Love is at it again – this time down south, in Texas. Our latest project was done in collaboration with Woot!, a subsidiary of Amazon based in Carrolton, TX. We spent the day at The Colony Animal Shelter as this is a place near and dear to the hearts of so many employees.
March 28, 2017
Amazon Legal Team Puts First Responders First
Find out how Amazon’s legal team took a major burden off the shoulders of local first responders.
March 23, 2017
Amazon Associates Make Musical Delivery to Seattle Students
Find out why Amazon’s most recent donation was “music” to the ears of over 100 local high school students.
March 23, 2017
Amazon Employees Support Seattle Seniors with Tricky Tech
Find out how Amazon employees took customer service to a whole new level.
March 17, 2017
Amazon Supports a Better Life for Next Generation
At Amazon, we care deeply about our local communities. We are always looking for ways to make a positive impact in schools and with nonprofits that provide essential services to help children and families in need. Last week, we made special deliveries in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Delaware designed to ignite a love of reading, encourage healthy families and inspire our next generation of innovators.
March 15, 2017
Kindle Accessibility Improvements Continue
Last year, we brought our VoiceView screen reader to Kindle E-readers. This week, I’m excited to announce our update to the Kindle for PC app, making it easier for visually impaired customers to find and read millions of Kindle books.
March 14, 2017
Aaron Guaderrama, Army Corporate Fellow, Fulfillment Center Maintenance
Amazon is currently hosting many service members through the Hiring Our Heroes Corporate Fellowship Program – first, we introduce you to Army Corporate Fellow Aaron Guarderrama.
March 8, 2017
Six Women on What the Bold Message Behind
International Women's Day Means to Them
Amazon Diversity Programs Director Latasha Gillespie and five other women share their thoughts on what inspired them to build lives and careers that exemplify this year's International Women's Day theme: #BeBoldForChange.
March 7, 2017
The not-so-secret sauce at Amazon
How an Amazon security specialist developed his own barbeque sauce to sell on Amazon.
March 7, 2017
Employee Group Builds Momentum to Help Students and Entrepreneurs
Find out how Amazon's Black Employee Network is building connections with community groups.
March 3, 2017
Amazon Associates Assist Nearby Nonprofit
Find out how Amazon associates supported one of their nonprofit neighbors.
March 2, 2017
Helping Kids with the Need to Read
Find out how to send books to kids in need while shopping on Amazon.
March 2, 2017
Amazon Launches Alexa Fund Fellowship for University Students
Amazon encourages students to explore transformative voice technologies - find out how.
March 2, 2017
Solar Power Delivers a Win-Win-Win
The Amazon smile box now comes with even more sunshine – find out how.
March 1, 2017
Amazon Hosts I Corps Commander Stephen Lanza
Lieutenant General Lanza, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, visits Amazon to talk boots-to-shoes transition.
February 28, 2017
Chinese Legal Team Gets Creative to Support Young Students
Find out how Amazon’s legal team in China educated young students about the law.
February 27, 2017
Amazon Studios Makes History at 89th Academy Awards
Amazon Studios had an exciting night in Hollywood – find out how!
February 20, 2017
Amazonians Celebrate "Love Your Pet Day"
See some of the peculiar pets Amazonians call family.
February 16, 2017
Congratulations, Career Choice Graduates!
Meet the latest group of graduates from our Career Choice program.
February 16, 2017
FareStart Finds Additional Space at Amazon
Amazon’s recent donation to FareStart will transform lives – find out how.
February 15, 2017
In Celebration of Black History Month, Amazon Hosts Minority-Owned Small Business Discussion on Capitol Hill
When Cash Riley Jr. first started his company, locals in his home town of Dallas loved his product. But as time went on, he wondered how to scale his business so he could share Earth Water, his alkaline – and nutrient – rich hydration drink, to more people. That’s when he discovered Amazon Marketplace, and his sales took off.
February 14, 2017
You Can Find Anything at Amazon, Including True Love
Amazon is where many customers turned to find gifts for Valentine’s Day this year, but some of our hourly associates are also finding love at work.
February 13, 2017
Amazon at CSUN
Next month, Amazon returns to the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in San Diego, the world’s largest international conference on technology and persons with disabilities. Check out what we have on our agenda!
February 12, 2017
Now Streaming on Amazon Music Unlimited: Prince!
Music from the legendary artist, Prince including his Purple Rain, Prince, 1999, The B-Sides, Sign ‘O’ The Times, Diamonds and Pearls, Ultimate Prince, The Hits 1 & 2, and more, is now available to stream on Amazon Music Unlimited.
February 8, 2017
Congratulations, Ari Silkey!
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal has named Ari Silkey, general manager of Transportation Technology, to its prestigious 40 Under 40 list for 2017.
February 6, 2017
Amazonians Volunteer at FIRST Robotics Lego League Semi-Finals
Together with FIRST Washington, Amazon welcomed nearly 300 young, curious minds to The Amazon Meeting Center to celebrate the teams’ work to solve problems relating to human animal interaction.
February 3, 2017
Seattle Amazon Chinese League Welcomes the Year of the Rooster
Hundreds of Amazon employees joined with family and friends January 27 to celebrate Chinese New Year.
February 3, 2017
Amazon Named a Top Company for Job Flexibility
We work hard to find the best talent and create roles that work well for them, and it was exciting to see that those efforts landed Amazon at #3 on the Flexjobs annual list of top 100 employers who offer the most flexibility to employees.
January 31, 2017
Amazonian Recognized for Innovating for Veterans
The impact of a traumatic injury almost 12 years ago motivates Tim Bomke, manager of Amazon’s military hiring program, today.
January 30, 2017
Accessibility Updates for Fire TV and Amazon Video Customers
Thousands of Amazon customers are now using VoiceView on Fire tablets and VoiceView on Fire TV. As we kick off a new year, I’m excited to highlight new accessibility features for Fire TV, supporting our blind and low vision customers.
January 26, 2017
Congratulations, Ardine Williams!
Seattle Business Magazine named Ardine Williams, VP of AWS Talent Acquisition, an executive of the year last night. Ardine was recognized for her efforts to recruit veterans and military spouses to Amazon.
January 24, 2017
Amazon Studios Receives 7 Academy Award Nominations
Congratulations to Amazon Studios! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 89th Academy Award nominations today. Amazon Studios received 7 nominations and made Oscar history, becoming the first streaming service to land a best picture nomination.
January 19, 2017
Amazon Announces Apprenticeship Program with Department of Labor – Creating a Pipeline of Veteran Talent for Technical Careers at Amazon and Beyond
Yesterday, we joined forces with the Department of Labor to announce the creation of a new Amazon Veterans Apprenticeship Program. This program will create another mechanism to train even more veterans across the country in technical skills for jobs at Amazon or elsewhere.
January 17, 2017
Pittsburgh City Council Declares Today 'Amazon Day' at Our Office Grand Opening
The Pittsburgh City Council declared today 'Amazon Day' at our corporate office grand opening. We opened our small office here a few months ago, and today we invited community members from across the area to see our new space.
January 12, 2017
Amazon to Create More Than 100,000 New, Full-Time, Full-Benefit Jobs Across the U.S. over the Next 18 Months
SEATTLE – January 12, 2017 – Over the past five years, Amazon created over 150,000 jobs in the United States, growing its workforce here from 30,000 employees in 2011 to over 180,000 at the end of 2016. Today, the company announced that it plans to create an additional 100,000 full-time, full-benefit jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months.
January 9, 2017
Amazon Studios Receives Two Wins at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Congratulations to Billy Bob Thornton, Casey Affleck and to the teams that worked on Goliath and Manchester by the Sea!
January 6, 2017
Drive into the Future with Prime Now
You are headed to a birthday party and you realize you forgot a card. Imagine if you could place an Amazon Prime Now order while you’re on the road and have it delivered to you en-route to your destination.
December 29, 2016
Amazon Associates Pioneered this Holiday Season
What an amazing Peak. We shipped out more packages to customers this holiday shopping season than we ever have before – more than 1 billion items shipped worldwide with Prime and Fulfillment by Amazon!
December 22, 2016
Delivering Holiday Surprises to Nonprofit Organizations Around the World
Find out how Amazon’s elves have been spreading Christmas cheer.
December 16, 2016
An Afternoon with Fellows from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Last week, Amazon’s Public Policy office in DC hosted an event with more than 20 public policy fellows from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute fellowship programs. Learn what they heard from Senior Vice President of Global Affairs Jay Carney and Vice President of Public Policy Brian Huseman.
December 12, 2016
Amazon Studios Receives 11 Golden Globe Nominations
Congratulations to Amazon Studios! The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the Golden Globe nominations today, and Amazon Studios received 11 nominations for its film and television projects.
December 7, 2016
Movember at Amazon
Things got a bit hairy around Amazon during the month of November, for a very good reason.
December 5, 2016
Congrats to Teresa Carlson!
As part of the 2016 Greater Washington GovCon Awards, Amazon VP Teresa Carlson was named an Executive of the Year. Teresa leads the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector business. Since joining AWS in 2010, she has driven the business’ growth, which today accounts for over 2,300 government, 7,000 education, and 22,000 nonprofit customers, and a partner ecosystem across the world.
Continue reading on Federal News Radio
November 23, 2016
Change for the Better
At Amazon, we routinely participate in the kaizen process in which small teams of associates gather together to identify waste and streamline processes. Learn more about how we are taking this knowledge and sharing it with the communities in which we operate.
November 22, 2016
A Burst of Love
Learn more about the incredible changes a community made for a local nonprofit through Amazon’s Local Love program.
November 18, 2016
Amazon Studios Team Supports Families Finalizing Adoptions
Learn why Thanksgiving will be extra special this year for many LA families.
November 18, 2016
Two Amazon Leaders Honored at Diversity Conference
At yesterday’s Washington Diversity Council awards ceremony, VP and Jeff Bezos’ Technical Advisor Maria Renz was honored — for the second year in a row — as a most powerful and influential woman, and SVP David Zapolsky received a leadership excellence honor.
November 17, 2016
Meet Just a Few of Our Innovating Female MBAs
At Amazon we believe our hundreds of millions of customers benefit from diversity of thought, and we’re constantly seeking out more diverse employees.
November 15, 2016
America Recycles Day
In the spirit of America Recycles Day, the nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting recycling and its importance to the economy and environment, Amazon reminds customers to "Think Outside the Box" and recycle.
November 14, 2016
Congratulations to Power Woman Shelley Reynolds
Amazon's worldwide controller and VP Shelley Reynolds was honored by Moves Magazine on November 11 as a Power Woman. Check out a short interview with Shelley by clicking the link below.
November 11, 2016
Thanking Veterans and Military Families, at Amazon and Beyond
Across all businesses at Amazon, we employ thousands of veterans and military spouses. Today, on Veterans Day, I want to thank them for their service to this country and for the work they do every day on behalf of Amazon customers.
November 10, 2016
Alton Stewart, Navy Veteran and Treasure Truck Senior Program Manager
Alton Stewart is our final employee veteran feature. He is a Navy Veteran and currently works on the Treasure Truck team at Amazon. Check out his advice for transitioning service members. Odds are, it's not what you think.
November 10, 2016
Tracy Poulliot, Military Spouse and Customer Service Senior Manager
Tracy Poulliot is a military spouse currently working as a Customer Service Senior Manager. Learn what advice she has for fellow military spouses.
November 9, 2016
Sarah Rhoads, Navy Veteran and Regional Director of Operations
Sarah Rhoads is a Navy Veteran and Reservist currently working as a Regional Director of Operations in Europe. Learn how Amazon helped her stay connected while serving in the US military.
November 9, 2016
“I’ll Take Amazon Employees for $400, Alex”
A few months ago, a simple phone call changed Stephanie Hubley’s life. The Executive Assistant for Kindle Reader Engineering spoke to a producer from Jeopardy and found out that she had passed the in-person interview.
November 8, 2016
Rob Polston, Army Veteran, Reservist and AWS Employee
Rob Polston is our second employee feature leading up to Veterans Day. He currently works for Amazon Web Services and still serves in the US Army Reserve.
November 8, 2016
It's Election Day, and Alexa is Ready to Help!
Learn what questions Alexa can answer during today's election coverage.
November 7, 2016
Will Swearingen, Army Veteran and Lab126 Employee
In the lead up to Veterans Day we are featuring a few military veterans and family members who work across Amazon. Learn what advice Will, an Army Veteran and current Lab126 Employee, has for transitioning military service members and what peculiar way he used Amazon while serving.
November 2, 2016
Welcoming Local School Children to Our Development Center in Cambridge to Learn About Prime Air
Our Prime Air team in Cambridge is playing an important role building our future delivery system that is designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using small unmanned aerial vehicles, also called drones — and we want to share it with local students.
November 1, 2016
Amazonians Celebrating Halloween in Style
Halloween is celebrated by everyone at Amazon.
October 31, 2016
Amazon Web Services announces Amazon Wind Farm US Central 2
Amazon Wind Farm US Central 2 is AWS’s fifth renewable energy project and its second wind farm in Ohio. Find out more about Amazon’s newest wind farm, which is expected to generate more than 530,000 MWh of wind energy annually, enough to power approximately 50,000 US homes per year.
October 28, 2016
Northern Virginia Community Renovates Nonprofit through Amazon Local Love
Learn about the makeover that will help Homestretch continue their life-changing work.
October 27, 2016
Congratulations to Toni Reid
Congrats to Toni Reid, recently named a 'Most Powerful Woman' by Fortune, for her work on the Alexa team.
October 26, 2016
National PTA and Kindle Provide Kindle E-Readers to Schools for Family Engagement and Literacy Efforts
Today, Amazon and National PTA teamed up in the name of family engagement and literacy efforts to award a classroom full of Kindle e-readers to local PTAs and schools across the country.
October 24, 2016
First Time Speaker at Grace Hopper Leaves Feeling 'Energized and Inspired'
Hundreds of Amazonians attended the annual women in computing conference.
October 20, 2016
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Gives All Hands at Amazon Fulfillment Center
Trudeau Tours Canada’s First Robotics Fulfillment Center; Announces 700 New Amazon Jobs.
October 20, 2016
High School Students Explore Amazon with DiscoverU
All week long, Amazon is opening its doors to inspire and encourage students to pursue higher education. Find out why Amazonian Bella Schinkal believes conversations like these are game-changers.
October 19, 2016
AWS Educate Helps Students Achieve their Cloud Career Goals
Amazon wants to arm students with the right skills to help them directly apply their training to relevant internships and jobs (and maybe even come work with us!). Learn what a professor at Carnegie Mellon University has to say about AWS Educate.
October 18, 2016
Finding Inspiration at Amazon and at the Grace Hopper Celebration Conference
Last year, Sarah Henrikson joined hundreds of Amazonians at GHC 2015. This year, she will be joining again, but this time as a speaker.
October 17, 2016
Amazon Pledges Support for Young Coders
Find out why, at Amazon, we believe it’s never too soon to start learning about how cool it is to code.
October 12, 2016
Renovating Detroit Achievement Academy was Just the Beginning
Last month local community members, Amazon volunteers, and Amazon vendors gathered in the cheerful walls of the Detroit Achievement Academy (DAA) to celebrate their newly renovated space. Over the past several months, DAA’s makeover was made possible through the efforts of the Amazon program Local Love.
October 9, 2016
Amazon Associates Show “Bias for Action” to Help Communities Impacted by Hurricane Matthew
As one of the strongest hurricanes in a decade approached the southeastern U.S. shoreline, Amazon associates in several states had already picked, packed, palletized and shipped food and water to the Red Cross to help the region prepare.
October 7, 2016
Amazonians Make Surprise Deliveries for Teachers and Students
Amazon fulfills teacher’s school supply wish lists in 10 cities across the U.S.
October 6, 2016
Supporting Our Neighbors at the University of Washington
One reason Amazon started in Seattle is the wealth of talent in the region – there is something about this area that inspires vast exploration and invention. One of the reasons for this is the world-class institution at the University of Washington.
October 5, 2016
Project Manager to Software Engineer: Thoughts from an ADA Graduate
After a year of intensive software development training at Ada Developers Academy and five months interning with Amazon, Kelly Devlin will become an Amazon Software Development Engineer in October. She reflects on her career transition and experience.
October 4, 2016
The One Career Lesson My First Job Taught Me
Maria Renz began her career as an interior designer and today is the Vice President and Technical Advisor to the CEO. She recently spoke to Forbes about the most important lesson she learned from her first job.
October 3, 2016
Update on Customer Reviews
Customer reviews are one of the most valuable tools we offer customers for making informed purchase decisions, and we work hard to make sure they are doing their job. In just the past year, we’ve improved review ratings by introducing a machine learned algorithm that gives more weight to newer, more helpful reviews; applying stricter criteria to qualify for the Amazon verified purchase badge; and suspending, banning or suing thousands of individuals for attempting to manipulate reviews.
September 30, 2016
Thank You, Parents!
For those of you who were not able to attend this year, check out the short video above that gives a behind-the-scenes look at our first ever Parents’ Day and a taste for what you can look forward to next year.
September 30, 2016
Amazon Joins Partnership on AI
As a scientific community, we are still a long way from being able to do things the way humans do things, but we’re solving unbelievably complex problems every day and making incredibly rapid progress.
September 27, 2016
Amazon & Seattle Foundation Welcome Local Nonprofits
Hundreds of Amazonians and nearly 70 local nonprofits gather at Amazon’s first ever Nonprofit Expo.
September 23, 2016
Amazon Welcomes Proud Parents
Find out why Amazon’s first ever ‘Bring Your Parents to Work Day’ is a family affair for VP Ardine Williams.
September 22, 2016
Welcoming Al Gore to Amazon
The former Vice President of the United States and current Chairman of Generation Investment Management spoke to over 1,600 Amazonians about the environment and climate change.
September 19, 2016
‘I use the skills I learned in the restaurant every day at Amazon’
Melissa Eamer joined Amazon over a decade ago, after running a restaurant for a decade and going to business school. Today Eamer is VP of Sports, Outdoors and Toys at Amazon – and she recently spoke to Forte about making a successful career leap to Amazon.
Continue reading on Forte's Business 360 Blog
September 15, 2016
Our Largest Wind Farm Yet: Introducing Amazon Wind Farm Texas
Today we announced our largest renewable energy project to date, Amazon Wind Farm Texas.
September 9, 2016
Amazonians Represent at White House LGBTQ Tech Summit
Between the three of them, Amazonians Robyn Kanner, Bowen Ames and Annabelle Richard Backman have a long list of accomplishments.
September 7, 2016
Another Reason to SMILE at Amazon
Seattle is home to thousands of transplants, many of whom find themselves here for a new career at Amazon. The Seattle Amazon Chinese League took it upon itself to unite them.
September 6, 2016
UK Legal Team Teaches Teens about Life as a Lawyer
Amazon’s UK Legal team spent a day teaching high school students what it means to be a lawyer at Amazon, as part of a wider scheme offering access to the legal profession. Students were encouraged to Think Big in interactive sessions on negotiation, interview skills and Working Backwards.
August 31, 2016
FAA Selects Amazon Prime Air VP for Drone Advisory Committee
We are pleased to announce that Amazon Vice President Gur Kimchi, who leads Amazon's future drone delivery program, Prime Air, has been selected to sit on the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's newly created Drone Advisory Committee.
August 31, 2016
Amazon Welcomes Sellers to First-Ever Women’s Entrepreneur Conference
Thank you to all the presenters and attendees for making it a success.
August 24, 2016
Introducing the Kindle Reading Fund
Learn how Amazon is making books available around the world through digital reading.
August 23, 2016
Congressman Lewis Shares Story of His Famous "March" at Amazon Fishbowl
Amazon Fishbowls provide Amazonians with the opportunity to enjoy performances and lectures from authors, musicians, and politicians. This time, we got to hear Congressman Lewis talk comics.
August 19, 2016
Summer BBQ at Mary's Place Brings Big Smiles
Mary's Place and Amazon unite for a fun-filled end of summer celebration.
August 18, 2016
Introducing Girls Who Code Summer 2016 Graduates
They may be leaving Amazon now...but we hope they return in a few years.
August 16, 2016
Amazon Women's Entrepreneur Conference
Learn what Maria Renz, Vice President and Technical Advisor to the CEO, has to say about Amazon Marketplace and how it has empowered such diverse women (and men) to find success using Amazon to launch, scale and grow their business.
August 12, 2016
Amazon Offers Glimpse into Future for Rainier Valley Students
Find out why a visit to South Lake Union was far more than a fun field trip for a group of local high school students.
August 10, 2016
Amazon Mentors Mold Young Minds
Find out how Amazonian mentors are enjoying young coders shape their future careers...whether it be in coding or something completely different.
August 8, 2016
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Amazon associates had some fun while celebrating the delivery of the new book to customers.
August 4, 2016
Introducing Amazon One
We have a new way to deliver packages to customers.
August 3, 2016
Amazon Ping Pong Champs Paddle Their Way to the Top
This is what we use our ping pong tables for.
July 29, 2016
Amazonian's High-Altitude Delivery
Liam Ackerman, an Amazon operations manager based in the UK, went to the Himalayas and made the world's highest Amazon delivery by bicycle to raise money for charity.
July 27, 2016
Meet America’s Newest Presidential Candidate
America’s favorite feline needs your vote to help him pick his party platform.
July 25, 2016
Amazon Partners with UK Government to Explore Safe Use of Drones for Delivery
We are pleased to announce a new program with the UK Government to explore the steps needed to make the delivery of parcels by small drones a reality for our customers.
July 23, 2016
Delivery Associate is in the Right Place at the Right Time
What was supposed to be a typical package delivery turned into a life-saving mission for one of our delivery associates in Boston.
July 22, 2016
Young Coders Convene in Doppler
Find out why 20 young coders are staying inside Amazon’s walls for 7 weeks this summer.
July 21, 2016
Helping Employees Pursue New Careers
Four years ago when Amazon launched Career Choice, I don’t know that anyone realized just how profoundly the tuition assistance program would impact Amazon employees and their lives.
July 19, 2016
Amazon Legal Team Lends Help to Local Young Adults
Amazon’s Legal Team is steadily upping their pro bono hours. Find out about their most recent event, helping local young adults.
July 17, 2016
Happy National Ice Cream Day!
Guilty...we celebrated early.
July 14, 2016
Amazon Receives 16 Emmy Nominations
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations for the 68th Emmy Awards today, and Amazon Studios received a total of 16 nominations. Transparent leads with a total of 10 nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman). The Man in the High Castle received four nominations, and Mozart in the Jungle and Catastrophe each received one. Winners will be announced at the 68th Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 18th, at 7:00pm ET.
Continue reading for the full list of Amazon nominations.
July 13, 2016
Prime Day 2016: Behind the Scenes
How do we do it? See behind the scenes of one of our fulfillment centers leading up to Prime Day!
July 12, 2016
This Prime Day, Great Deals Aren't the Only Story to Tell
Our public policy team is celebrating Prime Day by welcoming an author, some small-business owners, and various other types of Amazon customers to DC. They’ll head to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress and staff to tell their Amazon story.
July 11, 2016
City on a Cloud
Local and regional governments across the country are using AWS to better innovate for their citizens. Find out which ones are doing it best.
July 5, 2016
Prime Day 2016: Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Sellers on Amazon Bring Thousands of Deals to Prime Members
With Amazon’s second annual Prime Day coming up, thousands of small businesses, entrepreneurs and sellers on Amazon are busy getting ready to offer customers the best deals of the year.
July 3, 2016
Amazon Celebrates July 4th with Gratitude for Our Service Members and Their Families
As we prepare to celebrate our nation’s independence, we are grateful for our service members, veterans and their families. We appreciate their commitment to our country, and thank them for their service.
June 29, 2016
Customers Can Now Tour Amazon's Seattle Headquarters
Did you ever want to be an Amazonian for the day? Well, now you can with an Amazon Headquarters Tour.
June 28, 2016
Supporting Detroit’s At-Risk Youth
Today, we’re celebrating the amazing volunteers and donors who helped us honor and transform Detroit Achievement Academy, a free public charter school in Detroit, MI.
June 28, 2016
Igniting a Passion for Reading in Our Communities
At Amazon, we believe the excitement of reading should be shared by everyone. We want to do our part to ignite a lasting passion for reading among children. As part of our contribution to the communities where our customers and employees live, we donate Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire Kids Edition tablets to schools and libraries throughout the world.
June 27, 2016
Breast Cancer Survivor’s Invention Offers Comfort to Others Facing the Disease
Carol Largent survived breast cancer and discovered a way to make the treatment process easier for those who will follow. Using her experience and creativity, she invented a comfortable shirt that helps women facing the disease to get dressed on their own, and maintain independence and dignity during doctor visits. She used Amazon Exclusives to make it accessible “to anyone across the country.”
You can read her story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, or read her story and see the shirts on our website.
June 27, 2016
The Leader of Amazon Inspire
When it comes to improving education, Rohit Agarwal, General Manager of Amazon K-12 Education, thinks really big.
Rohit has been working to improve education through technology for close to 10 years but today is a special day on that long journey. Today, Rohit and his team are launching Amazon Inspire - a service that will put unlimited digital education resources at the fingertips of every teacher across the country. Amazon Inspire will encourage teachers to share their best, interactive, often device-based digital content for every type of learner in every grade and every subject so they don’t always have to start from scratch. Most importantly, it will always be free for teachers.
Right before the Amazon Inspire launch, we talked to Rohit about why this project is a game-changer.
How did you first get interested in education?
I got involved in education after a memorable exchange with my niece at the dinner table. She was complaining that she received a C- on a ratio and proportions math test. I told her I’d be happy to help her but she said, “I don’t need to learn ratios and proportions. I’m done with that. If you want to help me, you can teach me probability – that’s what’s next.”
That’s when I realized the way students were learning was flawed. If my niece didn’t understand ratios and proportions, she wasn’t going to be able to learn probability.
I founded the start-up ‘TenMarks Education’ with hopes of positively impacting the education field through the power of content, distribution and devices. We were acquired by Amazon 3 years ago.
What makes Amazon Inspire so special?
Amazon Inspire will give teachers more time to do what they do best – teach. Teachers can quickly and easily find ways to engage all students. They’ll be encouraged to share their own projects and will be inspired by the great work of their peers.
In developing Amazon Inspire, we were obsessed with thinking about what is best for our customers – in this case, 3.5 million teachers. Teachers will easily be able to search Amazon Inspire for very specific requests. And, just like on Amazon.com, our content will include reviews and recommendations.
I believe benefitting and learning from your peers is natural – Amazon Inspire is the catalyst that will allow more teachers to do just that at no cost.
Why are you still so passionate about your work?
I have a 6 year old (going on 14 year old) daughter, and when someone asks her what her parents do, I am proud she can say that her mother saves lives as an Emergency Room doctor, and her father is helping people learn. This legacy is better than any paycheck I receive. It’s a dream come true to positively impact our future generation, and the future of our country.
Educators across the United States are invited to learn more about or join the Amazon Inspire beta at www.AmazonInspire.com.
June 23, 2016
In Support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
At Amazon, we're guided by four principles: customer obsession, passion for invention, operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Our team of nearly 250,000 employees around the world have pioneered products and services for customers like Prime, Marketplace, AWS, Kindle, Fire TV, Amazon Studios and Alexa.
In addition to creating new offerings for our customers, we also work to globalize them. The Amazon Marketplace creates opportunities for sellers anywhere to reach buyers around the world and expands opportunities to sell beyond their home country. Last year, our selling tools empowered entrepreneurs in 172 countries to reach customers in 189 countries. And Amazon Web Services has brought the power of cloud computing to more than a million developer and startup customers around the world. We now offer 33 Availability Zones across 12 geographic regions worldwide, with another five regions and 11 Availability Zones to be available in the coming year.
As we expand our offerings for customers around the world, we want reasonable policies that allow for the movement of goods across borders and that enable anyone in the world to have access to a unique and vast selection. We also want policies that do not unduly limit the growth of cloud computing by erecting digital trade barriers.
That's why we support the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement and encourage Congress to approve it. The agreement makes important progress on areas such as business localization, cross-border data flows, intermediary liability and customs simplification. It's not perfect, and we encourage the administration to work with Congress to improve critical areas, including cross-border data flows and balanced copyright. But on balance we believe the agreement will help open up new markets to e-commerce, cloud computing and other internet services. And we believe that will benefit hundreds of millions of consumers, developers and business of all sizes around the world.
—Brian Huseman, VP of Public Policy
June 21, 2016
Amazon Among Top Employers in LinkedIn’s Newest List
Amazon is among the top U.S. and U.K. companies for both attracting and retaining talent, according to LinkedIn’s first-ever Top Attractors list.
LinkedIn and Censuswide Research analyzed the activities of over 433 million LinkedIn members as well as surveyed data from over 6,000 employees. They found that Amazon ranks fifth among U.S. companies, based on job applications, views and connections on our career page, and retention of new employees. The full list is here. It’s a terrific group — kudos to all.
June 20, 2016
GLAmazon Raises Pride Flag Above Amazon’s Seattle Headquarters
Today members of GLAmazon gathered Amazonians and community members to raise the Pride Flag above Amazon. This kicked off Pride Week in Seattle for GLAmazon – on Sunday, hundreds of GLAmazonians will participate in the Pride parade.
Find out more about GLAmazon by checking out our recent videos about the history of GLAmazon and GLAmazon’s participation in Pride.
June 16, 2016
Continued Strides for Amazon Device Accessibility
I’m delighted to announce that we recently delivered an over-the-air software update to all Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick devices, featuring a preview edition of our VoiceView screen reader which provides access for blind and low vision customers. This update follows last year’s debut of VoiceView on our Fire tablets running FireOS 5, and last month’s introduction of VoiceView for Kindle e-readers.
We released VoiceView as a preview based on feedback from blind participants in our usability studies. Participants noted their appreciation of the simple and efficient navigation mechanism and many asked how soon they could start using it in their homes. In fact, one participant told us she hadn’t used a TV since she lost her sight 40 years ago, and after just five minutes with VoiceView, she was successfully finding and watching shows again. Another participant tried to convince us we didn’t need the device for any further studies—that we should just let her take it home with her.
As with VoiceView on Fire tablets and Kindle e-readers, VoiceView for Amazon Fire TV includes a tutorial to help customers learn how to use the screen reader. It also includes a couple of new features to VoiceView: context-specific help, and the ability to navigate to “points of interest” in the user interface for rapidly moving through rich or dense screens of information such as movie detail pages.
You can listen to a podcast with the American Council of the Blind’s MainMenu podcast. In it, we explain how VoiceView preview works, including the tutorial and design philosophy, and the way we’re enabling customers who cannot see the 2D screen to efficiently navigate the interface.
We loved hearing all of the great feedback from our testers and would now love to hear from you. Let us know how you like VoiceView for Amazon Fire TV and suggestions on how we can make it better at device-accessibility@amazon.com.
Peter Korn is an Accessibility Architect at Amazon, serving the device and content businesses.
June 14, 2016
Amazon Signs White House’s Equal Pay Pledge
At Amazon we are committed to keeping compensation fair and equitable. And today we’re proud to announce that we signed onto the White House’s Equal Pay Pledge.
This pledge is a continuation of the work we already do, like auditing our pay annually. Our review of the compensation we awarded last year at Amazon – including both base and stock – resulted in women earning 99.9 cents for every dollar that men earn in the same jobs, and minorities earning 100.1 cents for every dollar that white employees earn in the same jobs.
We are also constantly looking for more ways to engage and advance the talented women and minorities who work at Amazon and whom we seek to attract to Amazon. Our Amazon Circles and Affinity groups play an important role in building internal networks for career development, and we are experimenting with the creation of mechanisms to interrupt any unconscious bias. This is long term work and we are in the early stages in some and more advanced in others, but we are dedicated to developing solutions to drive measurable change.
—Susan Harker, VP of Global Talent Acquisition
June 7, 2016
Open-Sourcing Amazon’s Career Choice Program
“Well here's a new one”…
That’s how the reporter from tech news site Recode introduced the topic while live-blogging a conversation with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at last week’s Code 2016 conference.
May 27, 2016
Together, They Helped Make Marriage Equality a Reality in WA
The Puget Sound Business Journal today named VP of Amazon Books Jennifer Cast an “Outstanding Voice” for her work as an LGBT activist in Washington, especially during the campaign for marriage equality, which became law in 2012.
May 25, 2016
Associates Support Rescuers in Search of Missing Colleague
A little over a week ago, the mood at BFI1, Amazon’s fulfillment center in Sumner, Washington, was somber.
BFI1 associate John Smith was missing.
May 18, 2016
Two Days, Thousands of Participants and a Remarkable AmazeCon
Several years ago, we hosted our first diversity conference at Amazon and were excited to bring together 100 employees in Seattle. This year, at AmazeCon – our annual diversity conference that is now hosted by several affinity groups – we set a company record for attendance and employee interest. Thousands of Amazonians either attended in person or livestreamed the event from locations around the world.
May 16, 2016
Career Choice in Virginia: "This Made It a Lot Easier for Me."
The Richmond Times-Dispatch spent time at our fulfillment center in Chester County, VA, and took an in-depth look at the Amazon Career Choice Program. The newspaper introduced readers to Kim Heffner, one of the Amazon associates taking a college accounting course in a classroom right inside the fulfillment center.
May 10, 2016
Storytellers Have New Way to Share Video Content with Amazon Customers
Today, Amazon launched another way for storytellers to share their content – this time with Amazon Video Direct (AVD), which enables video providers to share their content on Amazon Video.
May 10, 2016
New Accessibility Features for Kindle E-Readers
Over the years, feedback from our customers with disabilities has been inspiring and humbling, as they tell us how they are using our products and the impact these products are having on their lives.
May 9, 2016
Behind the Scenes of Prime Now Launching in Orlando
See what it takes to bring Prime Now to a new city, as our team works to launch our 1-hour delivery service in Orlando.
May 9, 2016
Skin Cancer Awareness Month 2016
May is Skin Cancer & Melanoma Prevention and Detection Month. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States; each year there are more new cases of skin cancer than cases of breast, prostate, lung, and colon cancer combined. Approximately 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.
May 9, 2016
Amazon Associates Step Up Against Hunger
In Pittsburgh, Pa., associates supported families in need through a local public school’s backpack donation program, in which food is sent home with students to provide meals for the weekend. “When Amazon announced we were holding a food drive, I wanted to help out because I went to Pittsburgh Langley so I have a personal connection to it,” said Vanessa Schlegel, an Amazon associate. “I am honored to work for a company that gives back to local kids and schools in need.” With the help of Schlegel and her co-workers, the school now provides food to an average of 35 families per weekend.
May 5, 2016
Amazon’s Joining Forces Pledge
We both came to Amazon because we wanted to do big, interesting things at a company that moves fast and loves to invent. Our experience here – like so many veterans and military spouses who come to Amazon – has been exciting and fulfilling. And an experience that has drawn upon the skills we honed while in the military.
Today, Amazon pledged to hire 25,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five years, and to train 10,000 active duty service members, veterans and military spouses (not employed at Amazon) in cloud computing through AWS Educate memberships and offering a path to AWS certifications.
April 27, 2016
Amazon Software Developers Team Up with Sir Mix-A-Lot to Bring Alexa into the Recording Studio
The Alexa Voice Service was an honored guest at this year’s Seattle Black Music Summit, where the possibilities of the Alexa Skills Kit – which allows developers to add new skills to Alexa – were displayed in a video featuring Sir Mix-a-lot, members of the Africatown innovation community, and Amazon engineers.
April 26, 2016
Stephenie Landry Named to WIRED Magazine's Next List
Stephenie Landry, Amazon’s vice president of Prime Now, our superfast one-hour delivery service, was named to WIRED Magazine’s Next List, a feature about those who are visionaries in business. Stephenie started her career at Amazon more than a decade ago and has held a variety of important positions that support customers during her time with the company. You can read about Stephenie in WIRED Magazine here. We also sat down with Stephenie to chat about her successful career leading teams at Amazon.
April 26, 2016
Standing in Support of Funding for K-12 Computer Science Education
As I've written before, having access to computers as a kid made a big difference in my life. And like other leaders at Amazon, I want every child across the country to have that same access to coding and computer science – no matter their gender, geography, race or background.
April 22, 2016
Celebrating Earth Day 2016
At Amazon we are constantly looking for ways to further reduce our environmental impact. This spans our company – including things like our wind and solar farms, innovative building design, Frustration-Free Packaging, support of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan and initiatives like the “I Want to Be Recycled” public service campaign. With our growth and current scale, we can put our inventive culture to work on further moving the needle on sustainability issues. Here's a bit more about a few of those things we're already doing.
April 20, 2016
Six Questions for Sateesh Srinivasan of Amazon Launchpad
Q: You're based here in Seattle, and you lead Amazon Launchpad. What is that?
A: We're a team within Amazon, thinking about startups day-in and day-out. We help them get discovered. We're the one place customers can come to find all of these interesting products and hear the stories of these startups, whether they're backed by big venture capital firms or they rely on crowdfunding sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter.
April 18, 2016
“My Child Has a Fever of 101. Should I Be Concerned?”
Using Alexa – Amazon’s voice service that powers Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and Amazon Tap—customers can now ask Alexa a variety of questions around fever and other common medical symptoms via the Boston Children’s Hospital “KidsMD” Alexa skill. The KidsMD Alexa skill was developed by the Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) team at Boston Children’s Hospital.
The KidsMD skill makes it even easier to access medical information from Boston’s Children’s Hospital, a world-class medical institution. Quick, convenient access to that information is important for all Alexa customers, and particularly parents. We’re thrilled to be working with Boston’s on such a unique and valuable skill.
Alexa now has over 500 skills, and we’re looking forward to adding more important skills like this for our customers.
- Rob Pulciani, Amazon Alexa Director
April 14, 2016
Supporting Seattle
Over the last few months we have worked with Mayor Ed Murray’s office and Mary’s Place – a local Seattle nonprofit that provides housing and career services to homeless families, and one we’ve supported for a number of years – to determine if a building we recently bought could be utilized by Mary's Place as an emergency family shelter until the spring of 2017.
April 7, 2016
Kudos
"This year, Amazon became the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in annual sales. Also this year, Amazon Web Services is reaching $10 billion in annual sales." That's the intro to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' recent letter to shareowners, which explores how seemingly dissimilar offerings like AWS and Amazon retail can grow quickly under one roof. If you haven't read it yet, you can find it here. As Jeff says in the letter, Marketplace, Prime and AWS are examples of bold bets at Amazon that worked, and they've become our three big pillars. And as we've grown as a company and those three big pillars have also grown, we've decided it makes sense to change the titles of the leaders of those businesses—Jeff Wilke and Andy Jassy—to CEO Worldwide Consumer and CEO Amazon Web Services. This is not a reorganization but rather a recognition of the roles they’ve played for a while. Kudos to Andy and Jeff!
April 6, 2016
Helping At-Risk Animals in Tempe, Arizona
We couldn’t have asked for a better turn out at our most recent Local Love event in Tempe, Arizona. Over 90 Amazon employees, volunteers, and retailers came out to support Ohana Animal Rescue. Ohana is a no-kill animal shelter that believes no animal should be left behind. Since opening their doors in 2012, they’ve rescued over 4,000 cats and dogs off of euthanasia lists.
April 4, 2016
Sharing Amazon’s Peculiar Take on Employee Engagement
The U.S. Army is experiencing a number of transformations, and a lot of thought and effort is being put into keeping service members and their families engaged in the mission during this time of change. On behalf of Amazon, I was privileged to participate in a panel discussion Thursday just outside of Washington D.C. discussing that topic and Amazon’s peculiar take on associate engagement.
Continue reading Juan Garcia's, Global Leader for Career Advancement, thoughts on Amazon’s view on career development.
April 1, 2016
Transforming Shopping, Delivery, Video and Customers' Experiences – A Peek at MBA Grads' Amazon Jobs
At Amazon, we have a passion for hiring MBA graduates. Here's why – we offer business school students the opportunity to work on big things in a startup environment. In return, Amazon benefits from MBAs' strong analytical skills and their sense of ownership.
As we prepare to onboard hundreds of business school graduates this summer, I wanted to share a few stories of our MBA grads' pioneering work at Amazon.
March 10, 2016
Who’s Pushing Harry Bosch’s Buttons?
As we prepare to binge-watch the second season of Bosch (which begins streaming March 11), we spoke with best-selling author Michael Connelly about taking his hard-boiled detective from blockbuster books to acclaimed television series as well as his role in the streaming series.
Continue reading to learn some of the things he had to say.
March 4, 2016
Volunteering for First Responders
Last weekend dozens of Amazon attorneys, contract managers, paralegals and legal assistants took time to work pro bono to help Washington state first responders prepare critical estate planning documents. Hosted at our offices in downtown Seattle, the Washington First Responder Will Clinic helps fire fighters, police officers, and other first responders prepare basic estate planning documents at no charge. In many cases, the clinics serve first responders who have waited years for this service.
March 2, 2016
Oh, the Things You’ll Read! Amazon Celebrates National Reading Month with a Dr. Seuss Book Donation
March is National Reading Month. Children there to here, and here to there, are reading everywhere.
To kick-off this month-long celebration of one of my favorite activities, reading, associates from the Amazon fulfillment center in Windsor, Connecticut surprised students at Poquonock Elementary School today with a birthday celebration for beloved author, Dr. Seuss. Each student at the school went home with a special party favor: a hardback copy of a Dr. Seuss classic such as Cat in the Hat, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham and Hop on Pop.
March 2, 2016
Amazon Donates $10,000 to High School Robotics Team
Last week, Amazon surprised high school students in Shakopee, Minn., with a donation of $10,000 to promote and foster the use of robotics among youth. Students on the Shakopee High School Robotics team were invited to the Amazon fulfillment center down the road from their school to showcase their robots and receive advice and mentoring from Amazon Robotics experts. What they didn’t expect was a gift of sustaining funds for their team.
March 1, 2016
Celebrating Black History Month and a More Inclusive Model of Publishing
Congressman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina spoke last Thursday on Capitol Hill about how “technology allows us to break down the barriers that African Americans have faced with traditional publishing methods.”
February 26, 2016
Kindle Sponsors the Scripps National Spelling Bee
This week it was announced that Kindle will be the presenting sponsor for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the nation’s largest and longest-running educational program. This announcement brings together two brands that share in the belief that reading is fundamentally important to a child’s lifelong achievement. The idea is simple - before students were great spellers, they were great readers and early reading leads to a better vocabulary and word comprehension.
February 24, 2016
Accessibility for Customers with Disabilities
This month marks my 25th year in the field of accessibility. It’s been an incredibly rewarding profession. At Amazon, we have made great strides in supporting accessibility. Over the past few years we have been focused on growing a dedicated accessibility team in our device organization and launching affordable devices with great accessible features, including offering the largest library of accessible books in the world with millions of books available.
February 19, 2016
New AWS Certification Benefit for US Veterans
On Wednesday we announced that US veterans covered under a GI Bill are now eligible to have their AWS Certification exam fees reimbursed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This new benefit, which we worked with the VA to make possible, is intended to help US servicemen and servicewomen achieve success in their post-military careers.
February 10, 2016
Amazon Expands Its Career Choice Program
At Amazon, we're really excited about and proud of our Career Choice Program. This innovative employee benefit pre-pays 95 percent of tuition for employees to take college and industry certification courses related to in-demand fields, regardless of whether the skills are relevant to a career at Amazon. Our associates love the program and today thousands of employees in 10 countries are taking the next steps toward the career of their dreams, whether at Amazon or elsewhere.
February 2, 2016
“With Math I Can” Initiative Unveiled to Change Student Mindsets About Math
Today, we are proud to announce the launch of WithMathICan.org, a national initiative to transform student attitudes about math. Under the leadership of Amazon Education and TenMarks, a national coalition of non-profit education and educational technology organizations created “With Math I Can.” The initiative challenges schools, classes and families to take the pledge to stop saying “I’m not good at math” and approach math with a growth mindset, the belief that abilities and intelligence can be developed which leads to an increased focus on the process of learning rather than the outcome.
-The Amazon Education Team
January 7, 2016
Amazon Original Series and More Now Available to Military Members and Their Families Serving Overseas
It’s no secret that we’re customer obsessed at Amazon. It’s an obsession that drives everything we do, every day. And it’s with that obsession why we’ve been working hard to make sure that military personnel and their families can access on-demand movies and TV shows they love from Amazon Prime Video while serving overseas—even if stationed in countries where the streaming video service currently isn’t available.
January 4, 2016
Amazon Introduces Local Love, a Way to Give Back to Local Communities
Today Amazon introduced Local Love, a program designed to give back to local 501(c)(3) nonprofits in need. Our goal is to create a sustainable way to give back and support nonprofits and the everyday heroes in our local communities.
December 22, 2015
Helping Make the Holidays Brighter
We just wrapped up our holiday deliveries to 10 very deserving nonprofit organizations here in our hometown of Seattle. Today, with the help of Russell Wilson and his Why Not You Foundation, Ciara, and the incredible team at Seattle Children’s, we had the opportunity to donate and deliver presents to every patient in the hospital. We want to thank Russell for his amazing work to give back in the community and also Seattle Children’s for letting us be of part of his weekly visit. It was a really fun, heartwarming afternoon.
December 10, 2015
Helping Code.org Teach Engineers of Tomorrow
My inspiration to code came in 1975 when one of my teachers introduced me to an old rotary phone modem and a printer-based terminal. Once I started coding, I was hooked. In high school, nearly every weekend night when I came home from hanging out with friends, I turned on my Timex Sinclair 1000 (and later TRS-80) and wrote code. I made awesome trig plots and built games like the ones I found in arcades.
December 7, 2015
Why We're Excited by Europe's Pragmatic Drone Regulation Plans
Amazon Prime Air, a future delivery system that will get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using small drones, is one invention we are incredibly passionate about. We are committed to making Prime Air available to customers worldwide as soon as we are permitted to do so.
November 25, 2015
Transparent Honored at the White House as Part of LGBT “Champions of Change” Event
Yesterday the cast and crew of Amazon’s Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning series Transparent went to the White House for an event honoring “LGBT Champions of Change.”
November 20, 2015
Celebrating a Decade of Great Customer Service in Kennewick
Last week, our customer service center in Kennewick, Washington marked its 10-year anniversary. When the building first began taking customer calls, it was a team of 56. Today, Amazon employs more than 500 full-time customer service associates in the Tri-Cities area who specialize in different topics to ensure our customers are getting the follow-up they deserve.
November 12, 2015
Recycling Energy from a Neighbor
Today, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray joined Amazon, Clise Properties and McKinstry to introduce a unique collaboration that will heat Amazon’s newest buildings in its urban campus. This "district energy" system works by capturing heat generated at a non-Amazon data center in the neighboring Westin Building and recycling that heat through underground water pipes instead of venting it into the atmosphere. This is the first district energy system utilizing waste or recycled heat from a data center, and our unique approach is nearly four times more efficient than traditional heating methods – it will save more than 80 million kilowatt hours over the first 25 years.
November 11, 2015
Happy Veterans Day
Veterans Day has unique significance here at Amazon. In the late 1990s, as the company quickly expanded its fulfillment network to serve a growing number of customers in the United States, we had a real need to hire individuals with a strong bias for action – leaders who could invent, think big, and deliver results for customers. We found all of these leadership qualities in former Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard service members.
November 5, 2015
Announcing Amazon Catalyst
We are excited to announce Amazon Catalyst, a new initiative between Amazon and select universities that provides funding and mentorship to support bold, globally-impactful, disruptive projects proposed by members of the university community, and helps expand the local entrepreneurial ecosystem of those universities. Amazon Catalyst’s purpose is to help the university community grow early-stage ideas – those ideas that may be too early for venture capital or government funding – into successful endeavors. Whether you are a professor, undergraduate student, graduate student, postdoc, librarian, nurse, or staff member of one of our partnering universities you can apply for the program.
October 30, 2015
Prime Now, Amazon Flex and Our Great Delivery Partners
Based on some recent articles, we think there is some confusion about the delivery programs that power our popular, superfast delivery service, Prime Now. Prime Now is an amazing service that gives Prime members access to one-hour delivery on tens of thousands of products from Amazon, local restaurants and stores.
October 15, 2015
Welcome
Welcome to our new About Amazon section of the Website. For over a year we have been capturing stories, creating content, and building interactive features to make it easier to discover how entrepreneurs, authors, developers, small businesses and Amazonians are using the Amazon platform in transformative ways. One of my favorite features is the interactive map that shows our economic impact state by state – where we are creating jobs, making investments, helping small businesses grow and enabling authors to find readers. Our plan is to frequently update the site with news and announcements about the interesting and diverse businesses and innovations that are delighting customers around the world, so check back often!
If you have any comments about the site or there's something at Amazon you'd like to learn more about, please send us your feedback at about@amazon.com.
Thanks,
Craig Berman, Vice President of Global Communications
Past Posts
(5/10/2017) Mary's Place to Move in with Amazon
(5/8/2017) The Spheres' First Plant
(5/2/2017) Amazon's Daytime Emmys
(5/1/2017) Sharing Our Love of Reading
(4/28/2017) Library Makeover for Elementary School
(4/25/2017) Pat Tillman Run
(4/24/2017) Students Tour Amazon Greenhouse
(4/22/2017) Earth Day 2017
(4/6/2017) Community in the Cloud
(4/5/2017) Mike Gonzalez, Army Corporate Fellow
(4/3/2017) Norwuz Celebration
(3/31/2017) Katy Perry Behind-the-Scenes
(3/30/2017) Local Artists Come to Amazon
(3/30/2017) Local Love Helps Furry Friends
(3/28/2017) Amazon Legal Puts First Responders First
(3/23/2017) Amazon Makes Musical Delivery to Seattle Students
(3/23/2017) Amazon Employees Support Seattle Seniors
(3/17/2017) Amazon Supports a Better Life for Next Generation
(3/15/2017) Kindle Accessibility Improvements
(3/14/2017) Army Corporate Fellow
(3/8/2017) International Women's Day 2017
(3/7/2017) Amazon Security Specialist Sells Sauce on Amazon
(3/7/2017) BEN Black History Month and Beyond
(3/3/2017) Amazon Associates Assist Nearby Nonprofit
(3/2/2017) Helping Kids with the Need to Read
(3/2/2017) Amazon Launches Alexa Fund Fellowship
(3/2/2017) Amazon’s Solar FC Rooftop Initiative
(3/1/2017) Amazon Hosts Lieutenant General Lanza
(2/27/2017) Chinese Legal Team Teaches Local Students
(2/27/2017) Amazon Studios Wins Big at Academy Awards
(2/20/2017) Amazonians Celebrate "Love Your Pet Day"
(2/16/2017) Celebrating Amazon's Career Choice Graduates
(2/16/2017) FareStart and Amazon Cooking Up Something Special
(2/15/2017) Celebrating Black History Month
(2/14/2017) Finding Love at Amazon
(2/13/2017) Amazon at CSUN
(2/12/2017) Prince on Amazon Music Unlimited
(2/8/2017) Congratulations, Ari Silkey!
(2/6/2017) Robotics Lego League Semi-Finals
(2/3/2017) Year of the Rooster
(2/3/2017) Amazon Named a Top Company for Job Flexibility
(1/31/2017) Amazonian Recognized for Innovating for Veterans
(1/30/2017) Accessibility Updates
(1/26/2017) Congratulations, Ardine Williams!
(1/24/2017) Academy Award Nominations
(1/19/2017) DOL Apprenticeship Program
(1/17/2017) Pittsburgh Grand Opening
(1/12/2017) To Create 100k Jobs
(1/9/2017) Golden Globe Awards
(1/6/2017) Drive into the Future
(12/29/2016) 2016 Peak Pioneers
(12/22/2016) Holiday Surprises
(12/16/2016) Fellows Visit Amazon in D.C.
(12/12/2016) Golden Globe Nominations
(12/7/2016) Movember at Amazon
(12/5/2016) Congrats to Teresa Carlson!
(11/23/2016) Change for the Better
(11/22/2016) A Burst of Love
(11/18/2016) Amazon Studios Team Supports Families Finalizing Adoptions
(11/18/2016) Two Amazon Leaders Honored at Diversity Conference
(11/17/2016) A Few of Our Innovating Female MBAs
(11/15/2016) America Recycles Day
(11/14/2016) Congrats to Power Woman Shelley Reynolds
(11/11/2016) Thanking Veterans and Military Families
(11/10/2016) Alton Stewart, Veteran and Treasure Truck Sr. Program Manager
(11/10/2016) Tracy Poulliot, Military Spouse and CS Sr. Manager
(11/9/2016) Sarah Rhoads, Veteran and Regional Director of Operations
(11/9/2016) Amazon Employee on Jeopardy
(11/8/2016) Rob Polston, Army Veteran and AWS Employee
(11/8/2016) It's Election Day!
(11/7/2016) Will Swearingen, Army Veteran and Lab126 Employee
(11/2/2016) Prime Air Lab Tours in UK
(11/1/2016) Amazon Celebrates Halloween
(10/31/2016) AWS Announces Wind Farm
(10/28/2016) Amazon Local Love in Virginia
(10/27/2016) Congrats to Toni Reid
(10/26/2016) National PTA and Kindle Team Up
(10/24/2016) Leaving GHC Feeling Inspired
(10/20/2016) Canadian Prime Minister Visits Amazon FC
(10/20/2016) DiscoverU at Amazon
(10/19/2016) Using AWS Educate
(10/18/2016) Inspiration at Amazon and GHC
(10/17/2016) Pledging Support for Young Coders
(10/12/2016) Local Love Celebrates in Detroit
(10/9/2016) Hurricane Matthew Relief
(10/7/2016) Amazon Surprises Teachers
(10/6/2016) Supporting University of Washington
(10/5/2016) Thoughts from an ADA Graduate
(10/4/2016) Maria Renz: Forbes Interview
(10/3/2016) Update on Customer Reviews
(9/30/2016) Thank You, Parents!
(9/30/2016) Partnership on AI
(9/27/2016) Welcoming Seattle Nonprofits
(9/23/2016) Amazon's First Parents Day
(9/22/2016) Welcoming Al Gore
(9/19/2016) Melissa Eamer: Restaurant To Amazon
(9/15/2016) Our Largest Wind Farm Yet
(9/9/2016) White House LGBTQ Tech Summit
(9/7/2016) Seattle Amazon Chinese League
(9/6/2016) UK Legal Team Brings Teens to Office
(8/31/2016) FAA Selects Prime Air VP
(8/31/2016) Women’s Entrepreneur Conference
(8/23/2016) Kindle Reading Fund
(8/23/2016) Congressman Lewis Talks Comics
(8/19/2016) Mary's Place Summer BBQ
(8/18/2016) Girls Who Code 2016 Graduates
(8/16/2016) Amazon Women's Entrepreneur Conference
(8/12/2016) Tour for Rainier Valley Students
(8/10/2016) Mentors Mold Young Minds
(8/8/2016) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
(8/4/2016) Introducing Amazon One
(8/3/2016) Amazon Ping Pong Champions
(7/29/2016) An Amazonian's High-Altitude Delivery
(7/27/2016) Vote Cat in the Hat's Party Platform
(7/25/2016) Amazon Partners with UK Government for Drones
(7/23/2016) In the Right Place at the Right Time
(7/22/2016) Young Coders on Amazon Campus
(7/21/2016) Helping Employees Pursue New Careers
(7/19/2016) Amazon Legal Team Lends Help
(7/17/2016) Happy National Ice Cream Day!
(7/14/2016) 2016 Emmy Nominations
(7/13/2016) Prime Day: Behind the Scenes
(7/12/2016) Prime Day in DC
(7/11/2016) City on a Cloud
(7/5/2016) 2016 Prime Day Sellers
(7/3/2016) Amazon Celebrates July 4th
(6/29/2016) Tour Amazon's Seattle Headquarters
(6/28/2016) Supporting Detroit’s At-Risk Youth
(6/28/2016) Igniting a Passion for Reading
(6/27/2016) Breast Cancer Survivor Creates Tender Tanks
(6/27/2016) The Leader of Amazon Inspire
(6/23/2016) Supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership
(6/21/2016) Amazon Among Top Employers
(6/20/2016) GLAmazon Raises Pride Flag
(6/16/2016) Continued Strides for Device Accessibility
(6/14/2016) Equal Pay Pledge
(6/7/2016) Open-Sourcing Our Career Choice Program
(5/27/2016) Making Marriage Equality a Reality in WA
(5/25/2016) Associates Support Rescuers with Supplies
(5/18/2016) AmazeCon 2016
(5/16/2016) Career Choice in Virginia
(5/10/2016) Storytellers Have New Way to Share Video Content
(5/10/2016) Accessibility Feature for Kindle E-Readers
(5/9/2016) Behind the Scenes: Prime Now Orlando
(5/9/2016) Skin Cancer Awareness
(5/9/2016) Amazon Associates Step Up Against Hunger
(5/5/2016) Amazon's Joining Forces Pledge
(4/27/2016) Software Developers Team Up with Sir Mix-A-Lot
(4/26/2016) Landry Named to WIRED's Next List
(4/26/2016) Standing in Support
(4/22/2016) Celebrating Earth Day
(4/20/2016) Interview: Amazon Launchpad
(4/18/2016) Alexa Can Answer Your Health Questions
(4/14/2016) Supporting Seattle
(4/7/2016) Kudos
(4/6/2016) Helping At-Risk Animals in Arizona
(4/4/2016) Amazon’s Peculiar Take on Employee Engagement
(4/1/2016) A Peek at MBA Grads' Amazon Jobs
(3/10/2016) Who's Pushing Harry Bosch's Buttons?
(3/4/2016) Volunteering for First Responders
(3/2/2016) Oh, the Things You'll Read!
(3/2/2016) Amazon Donates $10,000 to High School Robotics Team
(3/1/2016) Celebrating Black History Month
(2/26/2016) Kindle Sponsors the Scripps National Spelling Bee
(2/24/2016) Accessibility for Customers with Disabilities
(2/19/2016) New AWS Certification Benefit for US Veterans
(2/10/2016 ) Amazon Expands Its Career Choice Program
(2/2/2016) "With Math I Can" Initiative Unveiled
(1/7/2016) Amazon Video for Military Members Overseas
(1/4/2016) Amazon Introduces Local Love
(12/22/2015) Helping Make the Holidays Brighter
(12/10/2015) Helping Code.org Teach Engineers of Tomorrow
(12/7/2015) Why We're Excited by Europe's Pragmatic Drone Regulation Plans
(11/25/2015) Transparent Honored at the White House
(11/20/2015) Celebrating a Decade of Customer Service in Kennewick
(11/12/2015) Recycling Energy from a Neighbor
(11/11/2015) Happy Veterans Day
(11/5/2015) Announcing Amazon Catalyst
(10/30/2015) Prime Now, Amazon Flex and Our Delivery Partners
(10/15/2015) Welcome