{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000162-780b-d5f9-a16e-7f5b8c7e0003","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/rise-through-the-ranks-amazon-associate-lydia-flanders-introduces-president-obama","headline":"Rise through the ranks: Amazon associate Lydia Flanders introduces President Obama ","description":"Amazon associate rises through the ranks—and introduces the president","datePublished":"2017-03-30T18:24:05Z","dateModified":"2017-03-30T18:24:05Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/789482a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/480x240+0+60/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-O6aVUdoXeY%2Fhqdefault.jpg","width":"1200","height":"600"},"articleBody":"# Rise through the ranks: Amazon associate Lydia Flanders introduces President Obama \n\n*Amazon associate rises through the ranks—and introduces the president\n*\n\nLydia Flanders is one of the more than 125,000 employees working in Amazon's North America fulfillment network. Both Lydia and her husband work in Amazon's Chattanooga fulfillment center, and together they moved from seasonal employees to full time employees to leadership positions within a year of being hired.\n\n> The whole experience that I've had is something that I want someone else to feel—I want them to feel this sense of empowerment for themselves that as long as you believe you can do something, you can do it—no matter what.\n> — Lydia Flanders, Amazon Associate\n\nIn Lydia's words: \"The whole experience that I've had is something that I want someone else to feel—I want them to feel this sense of empowerment for themselves that as long as you believe you can do something, you can do it—no matter what.\"\n\nYou can watch the video above to learn more about Lydia's story and then [click here](https://www.amazon.com/p/feature/nssaxwpeeyzuvah) to learn more about working at Amazon.","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}