La Poste and Amazon are recruiting thousands of seasonal workers for the holidays

The two giants of parcel delivery in France, La Poste and Amazon, announced on Thursday that they were recruiting several thousand seasonal workers as reinforcements in the run-up to the end-of-year holidays to respond to the increase in flows.

In November, Black Friday and its slashed prices kick off a period of frenzied consumption that extends to Christmas gifts. Logisticians, who must prepare these packages and deliver them, prepare well in advance to absorb end-of-year volumes.

La Poste intends to recruit 3,500 seasonal workers to cope with this, or 500 more than last year. The public group will also rely on its colossal network of “100,000 postmen, sorting agents and customer service representatives in post offices who are heavily mobilized during this period,” he said in a press release.

During the last two months of the year, La Poste may have to deliver “up to 3 million” packages each day, “compared to 1.5 million in normal times”, she indicated.

“Beyond this economic organization, La Poste is investing sustainably to adapt its logistics tool to the growth in volumes,” said the group, which evokes its strategic plan “Succeed together – Ambitions 2031” providing for 10 billion euros of investments in 5 years, “in particular to modernize its depots, its hubs as well as its IT and industrial infrastructures”.

1000 more employees this year for Amazon

The other crucial player in logistics in France, Amazon, plans to recruit 9,500 seasonal workers for the end-of-year holidays, in its distribution centers, sorting centers and delivery agencies, including within its four new sites opened this year in Illiers-Combray (Eure-et-Loir), Colombier-Saugnieu (Rhône), Beauvais (Oise) and La Boisse (Ain), he detailed in a press release. This is 1000 more than last year.

The president of Amazon France Logistique, Patrick Labarre, declared in this press release that these recruitments were “much more than a temporary reinforcement: they are real entry points” into the company. “Last year, nearly 1,700 seasonal workers discovered a job, benefited from training from the first day - without a diploma requirement - and joined our teams on permanent contracts,” he added.

Amazon recalled its investment plan of 50 million euros by 2030 “dedicated to increasing the skills of its employees in France”, where the American behemoth employs more than 25,000 people on permanent contracts.