E-commerce platform Amazon on Sunday announced close to 20,000 seasonal jobs in its customer service department in India. The company revealed that the jobs will be available in 11 Indian cities including Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, Noida, Kolkata, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Mangalore, Indore, Bhopal and Lucknow. This development comes a month after Amazon announced 50000 temporary jobs in India.
Amazon has specifically mentioned that the employees will have the option of working from home as most of the positions that are offered are a part of their Virtual Customer Service program. The positions are open to all as the minimum education qualification required is 12th standard pass and the applicants should b proficient in languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Kannada.
Amazon on Sunday announced close to 20,000 seasonal jobs in its customer service department in India
The company revealed that the jobs will be available in 11 Indian cities including Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, Noida, Kolkata and others
Earlier in this year, Amazon had announced that it plans to create 1 million new jobs in India by 2025
A TOI report says that the jobs would pay an individual around Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 per month and the temporary positions that are created will be applicable for there to six months. Employees are required to cater to the issues of customers through various mediums including email, chat, social media, and phones.