In the current context, few companies are able to announce the creation of 3,000 additional permanent jobs in France during the year 2021, after having installed 2,200 last year.
However, this will be Amazon's program which wishes to exceed the threshold of 14,500 employees on permanent contracts by the end of the year.
In this wave of new hires, the Senlis site, operational since September and which already has 411 employees, will concentrate on its own 400 permanent contracts.
A sudden acceleration linked to the gradual increase in the hours worked on the site.
A night shift starts next month
"A small night shift will start next month, but some of these hires will of course primarily benefit the temporary workers who joined us at the end of the year for the peak of activity and wish to continue their careers with us", specifies the management of Amazon.
For the outside world, the recruitment phase has already started via the usual partners.
"Starting this Friday, we are organizing two presentation sessions for 12 people at a time," says Claire Letellier, project manager for companies at the local Sud Oise Mission.
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“We bring in young workers but also older people sent to us by the department, who could be interested in these positions,” she continues.
We give them details of the positions to be filled, we explain how to introduce themselves and we can also assist them with their online application if some are not comfortable with the computer tool.
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No special qualification
Most of the profiles sought at Senlis relate to order preparation.
“There are also positions for maintenance, adds Claire Letellier.
Most of these jobs do not have specific qualifications.
It is interesting for young people who want to enter the world of work but also for students.
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A career choice that is not shared by everyone.
Frankly, the jobs offered by Amazon do not make you dream, judge Julien Burnat, president of the association of traders of Senlis, who is not among the admirers of the American logistics giant.
I am aware that we also need jobs for people without qualifications, but I do not believe that our city needed this type of activity, and the flow of trucks that goes with it.
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New residents in Senlis thanks to Amazon?
Pascale Loiseleur, mayor of Senlis, thinks on the contrary that the arrival of Amazon has been beneficial to the city and its inhabitants, in more than one way.
"At the opening, between 20 to 25% of those hired were from Senlis," said the mayor.
I also meet several inhabitants who worked on the Roissy platform, who have lost their jobs and who are very happy to find work at Amazon, which easily grants permanent contracts.
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The Amazon site in Senlis.
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Ease of use which also have beneficial effects on the demography of Senlis.
“When welcoming new arrivals or more recently when handing over the keys to the first tenants of the eco-district, I met people hired by Amazon, who come to live in Senlis, most often from 'Ile-de-France', emphasizes Pascale Loiseleur.
Undoubtedly one of the factors which explains the improvement in demography of Senlis, the last census showing an increase of 660 inhabitants, after several years of decline.
"We will see the effects on small businesses in the longer term"
Since its arrival, has Amazon overshadowed the businesses of Senlis?
“I don't think it's a question of location, whether the warehouse is here or 50 km away doesn't change much,” continues the owner of the Le Verbe et l'Objet bookstore.
We will see the effects on small businesses in the longer term.
More specifically, the beginnings of Amazon annoyed us for another reason: UPS delivered several of our packages to them;
and it took a month to get them back.
My jeweler colleague thus had packages which were after-sales service that he was not able to immediately give to his customers.
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Amazon's influence is not confined to Senlis because the group's management affirms it, “the vast majority of employees at the Senlis site come from the Oise, towns close to Senlis or Creil.
"And to believe the American company," the turnover is quite low at Amazon compared to other players in the sector.
Candidates interested in available positions can apply online at Amazon jobs.