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Did you know? Beginning in January, our front-line employees are eligible for fully funded college tuition after three months on the job.

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Did you know? Amazon jobs have an average starting pay of at least $18 per hour.

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Did you know? Amazon ranks #4 on Forbes World’s Best Employers list.

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Did you know? Upskilling 2025 is Amazon’s $1.2 billion investment to provide free skills training to U.S. employees over the next four years

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Did you know? Amazon has spent $15 billion in COVID-19-related costs to prioritize employee health and safety.

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Did you know? Amazon donated more than 1 million emergency supplies to communities affected by natural disasters in 2021.

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Did you know? Our global selling partners―the majority of which are small and medium-sized businesses―have sold 7,400 products per minute in Amazon’s store.

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Did you know? Amazon is the first, and only, marketplace to protect customers in third-party product liability cases.

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Did you know? Astro is Amazon’s new home robot that brings together advancements in AI, computer vision, sensor technology, and voice and edge computing.

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Did you know? Amazon is committing another $24.8 million for local affordable homes.

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How Amazon is building its drone delivery system

Since we first started Amazon Prime Two-Day Delivery 17 years ago, we’ve developed new technologies and made investments in our logistics network that have helped us get packages to customers even faster. Now, another revolution is in the works, with Prime Air drones about to deliver to Amazon customers in under an hour.

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