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AbeBooks Inc.
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Chosen as one of British Columbia's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors

Highlights.  Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
  • offers great financial benefits including signing bonuses for some employees, referral bonuses (to $1,000) and lets everyone share in the company's success with a share purchase plan available to all employees
  • acquired in 2008 by Amazon.com, Inc., the Victoria-based online bookselling pioneer remains a stand-alone operation with a European office in Dusseldorf, Germany and remains an incredible Internet-based business success story with approximately 130 employees
  • supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments and flexible work hours for when they are ready to return
  • encourages employees to remain active and physically fit with an annual health club subsidy and employee organized sports teams
  • invests in continued skills development with a range of in-house and online training programs, formal mentoring and subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation

Background Information

Industry: Electronic Shopping Major Canadian hiring locations: Victoria BC Established: 1996 Parent company: Amazon.com, Inc. Full-time employees in Canada: 84 Full-time worldwide: 130 Longest serving employee: 12 years Number of applications received at this location last year: 2,188 Average age of all employees: 36
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©2013 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.



   

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