Mayor Gregor Robertson. “Vancouver’s
leading the way with the fastest growing,
most resilient and greenest economy in
Canada, and companies from all over the
world, like Amazon, are moving to Vancou-
ver with well-paying jobs to be a part of
our success.”
There are also tens of thousands of Cana-
dian small businesses and entrepreneurs
selling on Amazon.ca, and they achieved a
record-setting one billion in sales in 2016.
"The growth we've seen from selling on
Amazon has helped us add 12 full and
part-time jobs in Vancouver with plans for
another 12 in the next 18 months,” said
Kevin Pasco, Co-Founder, CMO of Nested
Naturals. “Our best-selling natural sleep
aids and greens powders were proudly
launched on Amazon.com and continue
to serve thousands of happy customers
daily."
Amazon provides employees with highly-
competitive pay, benefits, a group RRSP
plan, and company stock. With more than
500,000 employees worldwide, Amazon
ranks #1 on Fast Company’s Most Innova-
tive Companies, #2 on Fortune’s World’s
Most Admired Companies, and #1 on The
Harris Poll’s Corporate Reputation survey.
Amazon was also recently included in the
Military Times’ Best for Vets list of compa-
nies committed to providing opportunities
for military veterans.
Source: Amazon
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