Amazon Pays Employees to Start Businesses

亚马逊向员工提供创业费用

 

The U.S.-based business Amazon is often called a technology company. But many people know the company best for all the products it sells on the internet.

总部设在美国的亚马逊通常被称为科技公司。但是很多人知道这家公司是因为它在互联网上销售的所有产品。

Amazon’s website offers everything from jewelry and electronics to health and beauty care products.

亚马逊网站售卖从珠宝、电子产品到健康和美容护理等各种产品。

Now, Amazon is looking for ways to ship its products faster to buyers across the United States. It is trying to speed up product delivery times. To do that, the company announced a plan Monday: to pay its employees to give up their job and help them start a business delivering Amazon packages.

现在，亚马逊正在寻找将其产品更快地送到美国各地买家手中的方法。该公司正试图缩短产品交付时间。为了实现这一目标，该公司周一宣布了一项计划：向员工支付离职补偿金，并帮助他们开展递送亚马逊包裹的业务。

The offer comes as the company tries to decrease its shipping times for Amazon Prime members. The goal is to deliver goods to Prime members in one day.

这一决定源于亚马逊试图缩短Prime会员的配送时间。亚马逊的目标是在一天之内将产品送达到Prime会员手里。

Amazon says it will pay up to $10,000 in costs for employees who are accepted into the new delivery program.

亚马逊表示，它将为接受新快递计划的员工支付高达1万美元的费用。

Once accepted, Amazon says it will pay the former employees what amounts to three months of their former wages.

亚马逊表示，一旦员工接受这一计划，它将付给他们相当于他们之前三个月工资的费用。

 

The offer is open to most part-time and full-time Amazon employees, including those working in warehouses and other places where products are stored.

这一计划适用于亚马逊大部分的兼职和全职员工，包括那些在仓库和其他存放产品的地方工作的员工。

The company, based in Seattle, Washington, did not say how many employees it expects to take them up on the offer.

这家总部位于华盛顿州西雅图的公司并没有透露预计会有多少员工接受这一提议。

The new announcement is part of a program Amazon started a year ago. That program lets anyone offer to launch an independent Amazon delivery business.

这项新声明是亚马逊一年前启动的一个项目的一部分。该计划允许任何人启动一家独立的亚马逊送货公司。

John Felton is Amazon’s vice president of global delivery services. He said that more than 200 Amazon delivery businesses have been created since the company launched the program in June of 2018.

约翰·费尔顿是亚马逊全球快递服务业务的副总裁。他说，自2018年6月该项目启动以来，亚马逊已经创建了200多家送货公司。

Milton Collier heads one of the delivery services. He started the business in Atlanta, Georgia about eight months ago. Since then, it has grown to include 50 vehicles and about 120 employees.

米尔顿·科利尔是其中一家快递公司的负责人。大约八个月前，他在佐治亚州的亚特兰大创办了这家公司。从那时起，该公司已发展到拥有50辆汽车和约120名员工。

Collier says his business is already preparing for the one-day shipping goal by looking for more workers.

科利尔说，他的公司在为一日送达的运输目标做准备，正在为此寻找更多的工人。

“We’re ready,” said Collier.

科利尔说：“我们已经准备好了”。

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