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Welcome to Amazon Tours!

What tours do you offer?

We offer in-person tours of select Amazon fulfilment centers, where you can explore the cutting-edge systems that power our operations. If you’re short on time or can’t get to a site easily, we’ve got you covered - we also offer live virtual tours. If you’re looking to learn more about Amazon Puget Sound’s Headquarters, we offer a self-guided tour around the campus, so you can explore at your own pace.

How can I find a tour?

To find the best Amazon Tour for you, scroll up to select your preferred type of tour, and browse the available dates and times.

Do you offer private group tours?

At this time, we are not offering private Amazon tours, but we always welcome group registrations up until we reach public tour capacity.

Are your Virtual Fulfillment Center Tours offered in any other language?

We are currently only offering Virtual Tours in English.

How much do your tours cost?

All tours are free of charge.

I’m a member of the press and would like to visit a facility for my reporting. Who should I contact?

Please reach out to [email protected] with your request and we’ll work with you to arrange a visit.

What accommodations are offered during the tour for guests with specific accessibility needs?

Please submit a request via the Amazon Tours Help Center at least 2 weeks in advance of your desired tour date to discuss your needs and help ensure that we can accommodate your request. Sign language interpretation (SLI) is available on request for In-Person Tours as well as live Virtual Tours.

Who can I contact for more information?

Questions or concerns? Please visit our Amazon Tours Help Center .

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Amazon Spheres: Your Guide to How to Get Inside & What to See

After two-and-a-half years of construction, Jeff Bezos dedicated The Spheres at Amazon’s downtown Seattle campus in late January. And Seattleites were excited with the news that they would finally be able to tour the uber-cool glass domes and virtual rain forest. However, due to some miscommunication and information about The Understory, a free exhibit that is housed underneath the giant terrarium, many anxious visitors have come only to be disappointed. But don’t fret, Seattle parents. We recently visited The Spheres and have the inside scoop on how you and your family can get inside. Read on!

Two Ways to Get Inside In order to visit The Spheres, it will take some planning and patience and one of two options. The first option is to sign up for a 90-minute guided tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters. Tours take place on most Wednesdays from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. and include a visit to a few buildings such as the Doppler and Day 1 (two of the main Amazon office buildings), a trip through Amazon Go (a new partially automated grocery store that allows customers to make purchases without the need of a cashier) and some time in The Spheres. Tours are available for anyone ages six and older, however you must register online ahead of time. Psst…at the time of this writing, tours are filled up for the next month. Note: Amazon does offer a variation of its headquarters tour, one that is self-guided and can be done any time, but it does not offer access to the inside of The Spheres.

The second option is to visit during the special Open House  days. Two Saturdays per month, Amazon arranges unguided visits to The Spheres between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Again, you’ll have to register in advance and reservations open 30 days in advance of each date. There are no age restrictions for the Open House events, but all minors (ages 18 and under) must be accompanied by an adult at all times, and anyone age 18 and older must present a valid government issued identification card to the reception desk in order to enter.

First Things First While not the star of the event, The Understory does serve well as fairly decent pre-show. The 360-degree exhibit features some interactive displays, including a super-cool miniature model of the building, a sample of the “living walls” made from a variety of plants and a grouping of floor-to-ceiling video monitors showing incredible footage of the things you’ll see up above. The Understory is open Mon.-Sat. from 10 a.m.–8 p.m. and Sun. from 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

What You’ll Find Inside The Spheres The 90-foot-tall biosphere, which looks like three large soap bubbles, contains 2,643 rounded glass panels and is home to over 40,000 plants from over 30 countries. Here, you’ll find grouping of tables and chairs in various nooks and out in the open. Psst…it’s estimated that the complex can seat 800 people at one time!

There are wonderful sights around every corner inside the four-level building. As you walk around, you’ll find cascading waterfalls, a fernery and short pathways through the foliage. The lower level contains an Old World Garden with plants from Africa and Asia and a New World Garden that features plants from the Americas including the crown jewel, Rubi, a 36,000-pound fichus tree. The 49-year old tree was transplanted from California where it had lived since 1969. Above that, you’ll find the “birdcage,” a seating area that sits alongside a wraparound wooden walkway and gives the sensation that you are walking on a rope bridge.

On the 6 th  Ave. side of The Spheres is where you’ll find the Living Wall. The 60-foot wall contains 200 plant species and can be seen on all four levels. The wall also includes a ventilation system and several misters that spray the plants every so often.

Where to Nosh For those needing a snack, doughnuts and coffee can be found on Open House days on the second level at The Spheres’ resident cafe,  General Porpoise . The doughnut shop, created by James Beard award-winning chef Renee Erickson in 2016, serves delish doughnuts filled with seasonal jams, jellies, curds, custards and creams as well as top quality coffees from multiple roasters and house-made gelato.

Before You Go As to be expected, Amazon has a few rules when visiting The Spheres. You’ll be asked to remain on the walkways at all times and not touch the plant life. No outside food or drink, strollers or weapons of any kind are allowed inside The Spheres and all bags must not be larger than 12”x12”. Our best advice? Put your babe in his front pack carrier and leave your bulky diaper bag in the car. And don’t bundle up either. The inside temperature hovers right around 72 degrees, with 60 percent humidity.

The Spheres 2111 7 th Ave. Seattle, Wa 98121 Online: seattlespheres.com

Have you seen the inside of The Spheres? Planning to go soon?  Tell us about your experience in the comments below.

—Jeffrey Totey (all photos courtesy of the writer)

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Inside HQ1: The Coolest Features at Amazon’s Seattle Headquarters

If you’re standing on a street corner in South Lake Union or Belltown, chances are you’re standing in front of an Amazon office building. You’ll be surrounded by blue badges but, if asked, you might struggle to point out the exact building where the people wearing them work.

Even as it has transformed a once-sleepy neighborhood of warehouses and shipyards into a buzzing technology hub, Amazon prefers to blend into its surroundings wherever possible. The now-famous Spheres are a rare architectural showpiece from a company that prefers to operate under the radar, and even the central office buildings arranged around the Spheres at Amazon ground zero — dubbed Day 1, Doppler and Meeting Center — are pretty inconspicuous. At least, that’s how they look from the outside.

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It’s been a big year for Amazon. The company released a truckload of new Alexa skills and integrations, opened more Amazon Go locations across the country and brought its AWS technology to several large government departments.

Where is Amazon Located in Seattle?

Oh, and there was that whole HQ2 saga.

So with all that focus on the company’s future plans, we thought we’d take a peek inside the engine room of a business that employs over 45,000 Seattleites. Here are some of the coolest features of Amazon’s hometown headquarters.

Common Areas

Cool features: Startup staples, rotating art displays, themed buildings and rooms, independent local vendors, and more dogs than you can shake a blue badge at.

Tell us more: We started off in the Day 1 building, so named for founder Jeff Bezos’ “never rest on your laurels” startup philosophy that has become a kind of mantra at the company. Bezos keeps an office in Day 1, and his sayings — which employees affectionately refer to as “Jeff Quotes” — adorn the walls.

There are loads of open common areas speckled throughout Amazon’s office complexes. We’re told that the company tries to avoid filling workers’ days with meetings where it can, giving many the freedom to migrate between offices and common workspaces throughout the day — and spend relatively little time at their desks.

We visited one of those common rooms on Day 1’s 16th floor, which is decked out with a rotating art display and the usual tech favorites: foosball, shuffleboard and the unmistakable tack-click-tack of a product manager challenging a UX designer’s ping pong supremacy.

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Over in Doppler — named after the Amazon Echo’s R&D code name — there are six eateries, a coffee stand, video game lab, art studio and a market. The company sees itself as a part of the surrounding community, which is why you often don’t know that you’re walking past an Amazon building, even though there are over 40 of them in central Seattle alone. This, coupled with the company’s self-image as an important source of revenue for small businesses, is why it has filled its common spaces with independent coffee shops, food vendors and marketplaces. And unlike other tech giants like Google and Facebook, which provide free on-campus meals for employees, Amazon encourages its workers to venture out into the neighborhood to find lunch.

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Doppler is full of small flourishes showcasing some element of the company’s often-quirky company culture. There’s a small Harry Potter-themed library room (they started as a bookseller, after all) and a so-called “Post Alley” designed to be a slightly more hygenic version of Pike Place’s gum wall. A large common workspace is decorated with dividers that, upon closer inspection, are made from the rollers found under conveyor belts at the company’s fulfillment centers.

Cool features: Small teams, few meetings, stylish surrounding and dogs.

Details: The migratory nature of an average Amazon employee’s day means the offices themselves tend to be more peaceful than your average white collar workspace — at least, that’s based on what we saw. The company tries to avoid siloing its departments off into different buildings, mixing teams among one another.

By the way: Amazon tends to keep those teams small enough to be fed on two pizzas. The so-called “two pizza rule” has become company lore.

And then, of course, there are the dogs. Anyone who has watched the hordes of pampered pooches mincing the streets of South Lake Union or scampering in the public dog park by the Spheres knows that dogs are an important element of Amazon’s culture. The company’s first office dog was a corgi named Rufus — perhaps explaining that breed’s enduring popularity in Seattle today — whose paws launched some of Amazon’s first webpages and software products. Today, Rufus is immortalized with a building named in his honor in South Lake Union, along with numerous shrines of artwork and tennis balls throughout various offices.

In addition to the public dog park between Day 1 and the Spheres, Amazon’s dogs can also exercise at an employee-only park suspended 17 stories above 7th Avenue. Around 6,000 dogs keep Amazon’s tens of thousands of employees company every single day.

Cool features: Talks with your favorite creatives, pre-screenings of Amazon content.

Details: Meeting Center is a squat building next to Doppler that fulfills a large company’s traditional needs, like conferences and all-hands meetings, as well as talks with some of the biggest names in film and literature.

Amazon started out as an online marketplace for books, and literature runs pretty deep at the company. Authors regularly make pilgrimages out to Amazon to give exclusive talks for employees — first to sign up gets a seat — and now that the company has started creating its own original movies and TV shows, actors and filmmakers are starting to appear, too. What’s more, Amazon often rents out entire movie theaters around Seattle to put on advance screenings of its original shows and movies for its team. And in one hallway, you’ll find a costume worn by Rachel Brosnahan in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

The Spheres

Cool features: Well, they’re giant transparent spheres housing an indoor rainforest in the middle of the city. Every feature is a cool feature.

Details: The Amazon Spheres have the feel of a tourist attraction, with columns of snap-happy corporate visitors and blue-shirted guides whose job it is to answer questions like “What’s the temperature in here?” “How many feet of dirt under that big tree?” and “Where are the restrooms?” (Answers: 72 degrees, up to four feet and downstairs.) The building is Amazon’s main architectural contribution to the city of Seattle, a marvel of engineering and horticulture. Over 40,000 plants live in three interlocking balls four stories tall, a jungle handpicked from the cloud forest regions of over 30 countries.

While the Spheres are becoming an essential stop on the Seattle tourist trail, Amazon has guarded the building to maintain it as a tranquil workspace for its employees. While the exotic plants — including a 55-foot-tall Port Jackson fig from Australia named Rubi, tubs of aquatic plant life and a huge living wall of ferns and other climbers — breathe a sense of calm into the place, the Spheres hum with the conversation-and-keystrokes noise of Amazon getting its work done.

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Amazon Spheres Guide: How to Visit, Hours, Tours, and More!

Did you know that there’s a tropical oasis in the middle of downtown Seattle?  Thanks to Amazon’s dedication to providing spaces that inspire creativity in their employees, Seattle has one of its most gorgeous pieces of architecture.  It’s a set of three conjoining glass spheres, and if you think the outside is a sight to behold, you should see it from the inside!  Twice a month, Amazon opens the building to the public and you can do just that.

Let’s dive into everything you need to know about visiting the Amazon Spheres. They have hours available for tours every other week, but if your trip to downtown Seattle doesn’t line up we’ll reveal how best to get a view of this beautiful oasis in the city.

The Background on the Amazon Spheres

The Amazon Spheres (also called the Seattle Spheres) began development in 2012. Until 2010, Amazon’s headquarters were in an old healthcare facility in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood, but the company decided to build an urban campus sprawling across several blocks of downtown.

At the center of this campus, then-CEO Jeff Bezos wanted an eye-catching landmark. The main theme he landed on was a collaborative indoor garden. The Spheres would not only be an icon in downtown Seattle , but would also be a space for Amazon employees to connect with nature and spur innovation at its headquarters. After several design iterations, the Spheres design was approved in late 2013 and construction began in June 2015.

By December 2016, all glass panels had been installed on the Sphere ( there are 2,643 panes of glass! ), and work shifted to filling its interiors with plant life. Highlights of plant life include a 49-foot tree nicknamed “Rubi,” and a 4,000 square-foot “Living Wall” filled with a variety of plant life.

Where Are the Amazon Spheres Located?

The Amazon Spheres are located in a part of downtown Seattle known as the Denny Triangle. Their address is 2111 7th Ave, Seattle WA 98121. Near the Spheres, you’ll find several other office buildings that are part of Amazon’s downtown campus. If you’re looking for activities after visiting the Spheres, the surrounding blocks are filled with restaurants, coffee shops, and bars.

The Amazon Spheres are a 12-minute walk from Pike Place Market that should take about 10 to 15 minutes.

What’s Inside the Amazon Spheres

Inside, you will enjoy a balmy 72 degrees Fahrenheit and 60% humidity year-round.  Tropical plants from South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia fill various themed spaces.  Enjoy them while wandering pathways, from the many sitting areas, or staring up at the jaw-dropping four-story high plant wall.  My personal favorites were the wide variety of orchids, the interesting shapes of the pitcher plants, and the impressive size of the infamous corpse flower.  What you find can change from one visit to another, however.  Amazon has enormous greenhouses in the Seattle suburb of Woodinville, from which they regularly switch out the plants of the Spheres. 

The Amazon Spheres Tour and Hours of You Can Visit

Planning ahead for a visit to the Spheres is a must as space is limited and highly in demand.  The days reserved for general public visits are the first and third Saturdays of each month.  While free, tickets must be reserved in advance by visiting seattlespheres.com .   Reservations open 15 days prior to the day of your visit so mark your calendar because they go quickly!   

Now if you’re reading this and realized you’ve missed your window to get tickets during your visit to Seattle, not all is lost!  Amazon has their Understory Exhibit waiting for you.  It sits literally under the Amazon Spheres, requires no tickets or reservations, is free, and is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 am-6 pm.  This exhibit is about the concept on which the Spheres were created; bringing nature together with design, art, and technology.  Part art exhibit and part science exhibit, it’s both educational and interactive.  It’s worth a visit on its own or it’s a great addition to your day at the spheres.

Parking and Getting to the Amazon Spheres

The day of your visit, you can find parking conveniently located next to the spheres at 2021 7th Ave or use nearby public transportation.  The closest light rail station is Westlake Station, which is about an 8-minute walk from the Amazon Spheres. The Spheres are also located near the Westlake and 7th stop of the South Lake Union Streetcar.

Adults, remember your photo ID and leave pets and big bags at home; no bags over 12”x12” are allowed.

Foods in the Amazon Spheres

Do bring your appetite!  Inside the Spheres, you will find coffee and donuts courtesy of General Porpoise.  Operated by the same folks as Ballard favorite The Walrus and The Carpenter, these are not your typical donuts and are worth a trip all on their own.  They’re a filled donut similar in style to a Hawaiian Malasada and the flavor list is ever-changing.  There will be a rotating variety of local, in-season favorites such as Rainier cherry jam or huckleberry cream.  As well as year-round favorites like honey yogurt and vanilla custard. 

Restaurants Near the Amazon Spheres

If you’re looking to dine or grab a drink near the spheres, there are some fantastic options for taking in a view and enjoying top-notch food. A few of our favorites include:

• 2120: Features entrees ranging from sweet potato coconut curry to standards like prime New York steaks. 2120 sits on the corner of Amazon’s Day 1 building, which gives its outdoor patio a sweeping view of the Amazon Spheres.
• Willmott’s Ghost: A full-fledged restaurant inside the Spheres. The space inside Willmott’s Ghost is optimized for views of the plant life inside the Spheres. It’s cozy, with 49 seats total that include both tables and a curved bar with seating for 8. The food is Italian, with a mix of pizza, salads, and panini (for lunch). The dinner menu adds entrees that are generally between $30 to $50.
• Deep Dive: Would you believe that the Amazon Spheres have a speakeasy-style bar inside them? If that sounds like your idea of fun, make sure to check out Deep Dive. It’s styled after an upscale European bar and has drinks cocktails that change daily and an expansive wine menu. Foods are mostly lighter fare that includes Jamon Iberico, rockfish pave, and a hot dog with salmon caviar and cream cheese ( yes, seriously ).

One Last Tip: Our Favorite Place to Take a Photo

Make sure to travel all the way to the top floor or you’ll miss two favorite spots in the building.  There’s a great photo background with the Amazon Spheres logo on a wall of greens.  Plus, my favorite place in the whole building, the lounge chairs at the top of the dome.  As long as some sun is peeking through, it’s a great, warm spot to gather some vitamin D during the long Seattle winter!

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Amazon Headquarters

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Amazon is an online shopping store that is guided by four principles namely, customer obsession over competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. The company strives to give a positive impact not just on the customers and employees but to small businesses, economy, and the communities as well.

The whole Amazon team share the same values of being smart and passionate in building and inventing more for customers despite the disparity in each individual’s personal background.

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What is amazon.

Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational technology company that eyes on e-commerce, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and digital streaming. It is an American company that is based in Seattle and is part of the Big Four technology companies, together with Apple, Google, and Facebook. It was tagged as one of the most influential economic and cultural forces all over the world as it is really the most valuable brand.

Where is Amazon World Headquarters?

The headquarters of Amazon is a three-tower complex found in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The location is at the intersection of Lenora Street and 7th Avenue.

How does Amazon make money?

Aside from the fact that it is the world’s largest retail giant, it has various ways of making money. One of these is through retail sales, Amazon web services, and advertising services.

A. Retail Sales

Amazon bagged $7.2 billion in its domestic sales but it lost around $2.1 billion on international sales. This means that the retail sales do not ship large profits. In fact, Amazon’s operating income was only around $5 billion out of its total $207 billion in sales.

B. Amazon Web Services

It is surprisingly the cloud branch of the company that makes the huge sum of Amazon’s money. The company’s cloud services store information and generates content. It’s web services controls almost 30% of the market thereby generating almost $26 billion in the yearly revenue. However, the company’s web services also compete with huge companies such as Microsoft Corporation and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud.

C. Advertising Services

This is the company’s fastest-growing business ventures. Amazon has become aggressive in investing in digital advertising services and in 2018, it reported to raise over $10 billion in advertising sales. These sales are expected to grow even more u to 3.5% in 2020 and 28% in 2021. This makes Amazon a huge competitor of Google and Facebook.

What companies does Amazon own?

Amazon has five important acquisitions. Listed below are the following companies:

• Whole Foods Market

This is an organic grocery store and is the only USDA-certified organic grocer in the United States. Amazon lowered the price of key food items to give consumers a good shopping experience.

This is a footwear and apparel retailer that leads among all the other apparel websites in the world. This company stands out as it is the company’s first major expansions beyond books in the retail scheme.

Kiva Systems

This is a business company that deals with robotics. It has been rebranded as Kiva Systems which is the largest purchase of Amazon in 2012. Kiva Systems focuses in automated storage and retrieval systems. This provides the major support to its logistics operation and aid in the company’s delivery services.

PillPack, Inc.

This is an online pharmacy company that expands into online prescription business. It allows shipping of prescription medications overnight to different parts of the country.

Twitch Interactive

This is a live-streaming video business that is popular among video gaming enthusiasts. This company is an expansion of Amazon to game and streaming industries.

Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in July 1994. He chose to place the headquarters in Seattle because technical talents are there such as Microsoft. It went public in May 1997 and it began selling videos and music in 1998. It also started acquiring online sellers of books in United Kingdom and Germany. It sold various items ranging from video games, consumer electronics, software, home-improvement items, games, and toys.

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Amazon subsidiaries

The company owns around 40 subsidiaries, to name a few it includes Audible, Diapers.com, Goodreads, IMDb , Kiva Systems, Amazon Robotics , Zappos , Teachstreet, Zaos, and Twitch. The following are also subsidiaries of Amazon:

This company focuses on research and innovative technology. It has been a subsidiary since 2003.

Amazon Maritime

This company has a federal maritime commission license that is meant to operate as a non- vessel-owning common carrier (NVOCC). This makes the company able to manage shipments from China to the United States.

Annapurna Labs

This company is Israel-based and it focuses on microelectronics.

Audible.com

This is a seller and a producer of spoken audio entertainment. It also deals with information and educational programming on the internet. It sells various items such as digital audiobooks, radio, TV programs, newspapers, and magazines.

Beijing Century Joyo Courier Services

This subsidiary has a freight forwarding license with the US Maritime Commission and it builds logistics in trucking and air freights. This potentially competes with UPS and FedEx. Other subsidiaries are listed below:

• Brilliance Audio
• CreateSpace
• Health Navigator
• Kuper Systems

Amazon Products and services

Amazon has a wide array of product lines that are readily available in their website. The following products are books, CDs, DVDs, videotapes, software, apparels, baby products, consumer electronics, gourmet food, groceries, beauty products, health and personal care items, industrial and scientific supplies, musical instruments, jewelry, watches, lawn and garden items, toys, games, tools, and even automotive items. To name specific amazon products and services, here is a list:

• AmazonFresh
• Amazon Prime
• Amazon Web Services
• Amazon Drive
• Fire tablets
• Kindle Store
• Music Unlimited
• Amazon Digital Game Store
• Amazon Studios
• AmazonWireless

Amazon Most Asked Questions

1. can you visit amazon headquarters.

Yes! Amazon is even proud to offer guided tours in its Seattle headquarters. It is scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 AM and 2 PM. The tours is said to take around 90 minutes and the visitors gets to see a few buildings of Amazon’s urban campus. The few buildings are Doppley, Day 1, and The Spheres. If you are not able to go there physically, the company also offers free audio tour on Audible. This gives the visitor a taste of Amazon’s rich history and peculiar culture and customer obsession. Another thing that the visitor should get excited about is its unique urban campus and how deep its connection is to the surrounding community.

2. How much does a CEO of Amazon make?

The CEO of Amazon received a total compensation of about $1,681,840 in 2019. This includes the security services for Bezos and security arrangemnts that is provided at the company’s facilities and business travel.

3. Is Amazon stock a good buy?

Before buying Amazon stock, do your research first into the company. Decide how much you are going to invest then open a brokerage account. After weighing everything else, you are now ready to buy an amazon stock. However, is it a good buy? Amazon’s share price was recorded to nearly double between 2017 and 2018. Recently, the company hit a $1 trillion valuation and this made people wondering about how to buy the Amazon stock.

The success behind the company is rooted in the fact that it is readily accessible. It makes ordering things online easier. It is easy to invest in Amazon, it is just as easy as shopping online.

4. How many products are listed on Amazon?

To account all its products, it sells around more than 12 million products. This goes with the company’s goal too be all things to all people. Its catalog include products ranging from books, media, wine, and services. And if Amazon Marketplace is to be accounted for, there will be a total of more than 350 million products.

5. Where is Amazon most popular?

Amazon’s site has a list of its bestselling items and it is updated hourly. The company is most popular for its toys and games, electronics, camera and photo gadgets, video games, books, clothing, shoes, and jewelry.

6. Is Blue Origin owned by Amazon?

Blue Origin is a rocket company that is also owned by Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos.

7. How can I get a job at Amazon?

Just like other similar large technology companies, Amazon also hires constantly. There are thousands of applications for same roles, may it be entry level or new grad software engineering ositions. You have to rise and stand out from the pool of competent applicants. All you have to do is to find the right person who can help your resume get seen. After all, it is all about connections. In this way, your chances of moving forward is higher. Use LinkedIn in finding managers, higher level team members, or recruiters.

But aside from connections, you can go to this website: https://amazon.jobs and choose the post that you want to apply for. From there, complete your application for the said post and wait for the interview call. If you are accepted in all rounds, it is sure that you will land a job in Amazon.

8. Where is the 2nd Amazon headquarters?

Amazon decides to build two offices instead of one massive headquarters. The first one is in New York City and another is in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C. To be specific, it is located in Long Island City neighborhood in Queens and Arlington, Va. This is where Amazon started hiring in 2019. The company used a temporary space while the newer campuses are still being built and designed.

Amazon alloted a total of $5 billion and each location will get more than 25, 000 jobs that pays an average of more than $150, 000. The one located in Arlington will have a National Landing which is a rebranded name for its neighborhood which was known as Crystal City near Reagan National Airport.

9. Who is the auditor for Amazon?

It is the accountancy giant Ernst & Young (EY) that handles the most controversial ta-avoiding US technology companies. It audits and gives ta advice to Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. These are the companies that are under the most fire in terms of avoiding taxes.

10. Where Will Amazon Be in 5 Years?

In the last five years, Amazon has been a tremendous investment ad its shares of e-commerce has gained arounf 476% of its return. Five years from now, no one knows or can predict the future with complete accuracy but it is highly likely that Jeff Bezos will still be leading Amazon. He will be turning 60 years old by then which makes him still eligible to lead Amazon. In addition, its e-commerce empire might become mightier. This means that the US retail sales will continue to increase. It will still be the primary beneficiary of the growing sector. Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) will become larger as it is the dominant player in the cloud computing service market. Amazon will also disrupt the US pharmacy market. With it online pharmacy named Pillack, it fastens the delivery of prescription drugs all over the country.

Once the federal legalization of marijuana happens, Amazon will also play a huge role in selling it. Cannabis will be bought in its Whole Foods stores. By 2024, Amazon might use self-driving vehicles such as drones.

11. Why did Amazon build the spheres?

Amazon built a green paradise in its new Spheres structure in Seattle. It was part of the $4 billion investment for the Seattle headquarters. It is called The Spheres because of its bulbous shape and this is where Amazon puts it plant collection from greenhouses all over the world. One of the company’s goal is to bring a serene headspace to employees by giving a scenery of rivers, waterfalls, and towering green walls. It wants to replicate the overhanging foliages found in tropical forests. In this way, workers will cluster in these treehouses and collaborate more for work purposes.

For the company, The Spheres are the new visual focus and heart. With its three glassy domes that connect to form a one large room, it will become a home to 800 working Amazon workers during working hours.

12. How do you get into Amazon spheres?

The Amazon’s Spheres is built to serve as a private space for employees but the public can have a tour or access to its geodesic domes. The company has set up an exhibit space that shows off details of The Spheres design with plants. They named this part as the Understory. It is open from Monday to Saturday (10 AM to 8 PM) and Sunday (11 AM to 7 PM). The admission fee is for free but it is a must for you to make a reservation first at their website: www.seattlespheres.com/visit-understory. The said exhibit take about 20-40 minutes. But if you want to take a look at the areas that are for employees only, guided tours are also offered on Wednesdays. However, access to this is quite hassle and difficult since it is always fully booked months before but if you really want to take a look, you can opt to be in the waitlist. The last option would be free public visiting hours on 2 Saturdays every month. Reservation is still needed for these unguided visits.

10 Mind Blowing Facts About Amazon.com

• Amazon’s CEO lawyer misheard the word cadaver and thought it was “Cadabra” as in “Abracadabra”. Cadabra was the initial and almost name of Amazon.
• The CEO chose Amazon.com because website listings are in alphabetical arrangement and it suggests scale. He wants Amazon to become the Earth’s biggest book store.
• The company’s warehouse has more square footage than the 700 Madison Square Gardens. It can even hold more water than 10,000 olympic pools.
• Amazon sold its first ever book from Bezos’ garage last July 1995. The book was entitled Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.
• There’s a meaning to amazon’s logo. It’s arrow or smile points from A to Z which means the company is happy to serve people by delivering everything, anywhere in the world.
• Two days every two years is alloted for customer service desk. Even the CEO cannot get away with this tradition because the company wants to uphold understanding of customer service process to all its workers.
• Amazon owns 10% of North America’s E-commerce.
• In 2019, when the site went down for just 49 minutes, it missed sales of about $5.7 million.
• The company has unique users that are 5 more valuable than that of eBay’s. An average unique user brings in $189 which several times higher than eBay’s $39.
• Amazon bought Zappos.com in 2009, which is a popular online shoe retailer in.

The all-stock deal cost around $1.2 billion all in all.

Amazon Pipeline

The Amazon Pipeline is a continuous delivery service. It is used to model, visualize and even automate the steps that is required in releasing your software. With this pipeline, one can quickly model and configure the process of software release.

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Amazon’s great size in terms of sales and market also poses greater risks in the investments. Is it smart to put your finances in the Amazon stock market?

Nothing is really certain but the stock now has an increasing competition which makes its profit potential uncertain and with speculative valuation.

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Good Afternoon I have watched with interest as you have built your new facility here in Barrhaven, Ontario, Canada and would love an opportunity to join your organization in your Delivery Team as a driver to deliver small packages to customers in the local area here in Barrhaven. I am a retired engineer who would like to be able to continue contributing to the community in some ongoing endeavour. I have a clean driving record and have had no accidents or claims. My availability is flexible, and I would consider either a full-time or part-time position. Should my desire to join Amazon resonate with you, I would love an opportunity to interview and see what possibilities exist for me.

I have been wondering how to resolve an issue that I have noticed over the past year to eighteen months with delivery companies, and that is “no knock deliveries.” I understand the increased time pressures on delivery persons since Covid hit and that people are doing more on-line shopping; I am retired from the Post Office after all. I myself have a clear note on my step, at my door, to “please leave deliveries in the storm door” or a provided bin if it’s too big. Rarely is it heeded. We’ve all seen the news about thefts occurring from people’s porches, etc. Further, there is sometimes a weather issue. A few times, I have found packages left at my door in the rain while I was home all day. No knock. Yesterday, 10/20, my fiance found an Amazon delivery at her door late in the day that was clearly marked “Perishable.” No knock or anything. I realize that delivery personnel are overloaded these days, but it only takes a literal second or two to knock on a door to let a customer know they have a delivery. Please (!) get word out concerning “no knock deliveries,” it is very frustrating. Of course, Amazon is not the only ‘guilty’ party. The Post Office and UPS also have been doing (or not doing) this and need to have this requested of them. Prior to Covid, while I was still a letter carrier, we always knocked as did Amazon and UPS. I am hoping that this perhaps unwritten no knock policy will soon end and our packages will be treated more appropriately. Thank you.

The commercial about they guy working at Amazon and his brother and years later his mother passing away… he left Amazon in 2016 yet still getting tuition and assistance.. to become a medical assistant and suddying to become an RN living on the beach in a beautiful home most people can’t afford is horseshit… why would ypu help someone after they left in 2016?

I am interested in knowing the phyical address locations of Amazon company’s in the Dallas and Houston areas. My profession is in Human Resources and I am interested in a new job opportunity this year.

I want a Direct number to someone I can total to about filling a complaint on a person who sit there a threatened a disabled veteran and thinks he is god gifted to people

I have been receiving emails from somewhere. This place is claiming there have been packages ordered & will be delivered. Never mentioning my name or address & almost always going to another state not mine. I wish for my email address to be removed & blocked from use by AMAZON. I have never ordered from your company & never will.

I Want Some One From The Corporate Office To Call Me Back How Come You Don’t Have Number Listed If You Were Legit Company You Would Have Them Listed

No money, no graphics card I have ordered new graphics card on Amazon and I received contained a completely different graphics card, on top of that it had signs of usage with dust on the fans and scratches on the frame. I contacted customer service and followed their instructions. They told me to send the graphics card back to Amazon. Upon receiving the graphics card I was told that I won’t get the money back because it was a different card. However, I don’t have another card, I returned the only card sent to me by Amazon. I was refused a refund and the card I’ve returned was disposed. No one from customer service can’t help me

How and who do I contact about refunds not issued, or pennies refunded instead of the full amount. I cannot find anything on amazon.com. If it is there, please show me the way!

Hello, this ha been an ongoing issue the last year with delivery drivers. Throwing all packages in mailroom and leaving . (People steal, get your information, hurt you) Because of training not being corrected. I have pics to attach if u need to see . I have lost over $500 dollars worth of stuff and just reordered or said ugh. Needs to stop. It’s not right .

yes i have same issue and trying tell them my apartment door please and loosing my expensive staff all ways

Unable to order product online. Our email service was attacked and has been out of service for days. This order system requires a working email to order. We tried to do the change email address but our new email address was created one day ago and the system doesn’t accept it. Not able to call someone doesn’t help either.

You need to do something about the spam callers. I don’t have an Amazon account. I’m getting calls from foreigners saying a phone has been purchased on my account

I just discovered a widespread scam against Amazon. Walmart is searching Amazon for any product that is not on Amazon. Walmart then makes a third-party account to sell that product on Amazon for twice the price.

The more I thought about it, I bet it is Walmart employees that are doing this. They would be at the Greenfield Indiana and or Plainfield Indiana Walmarts. Become a third-party seller on Amazon, have the item shipped by Walmart, have money deposited into their account by Amazon. They’re only problem is they got greedy.

My daughter works for Amazon in Dallas, got hurt on the job and can’t even get a workmen ‘s comp claim filed because her supervisor doesn’t know how to do to it correctly. So no medical care, no income and no ability to return to work because no doctor to care for her or release her when she is able to return to work.

Can’t find anyone locally to whom to file a complaint.

Great place to work for!! Would never, ever, recommend this as a place of employment and will never again order any product. Will also cancel Prime. Worthless management.

Good afternoon I was employed at Amazon back 2019 2020 , where is a code in the computer not allowing me to work where until 5 Years, where are people still working there that have broken the rules worse then I will ever do I really really like working for Amazon please help removed that code. Thank you so much Sean Humphrey

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Welcome to The Spheres

People have an innate connection to nature, which is often lost in the urban environment. The Spheres were created to reconnect people to nature through biophilic design and provide a space to take in the positive effects of exposure to nature, like increasing creativity and reducing mental fatigue. Each plant inside The Spheres was chosen from the Amazon Plant Collection and is expertly cared for by members of Amazon Horticulture.

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Visit times.

We kindly ask that you limit your visit to one hour in order to accommodate the maximum number of guests at a time.

All adults (ages 18 and over) in your party must present a valid government ID to the reception desk inside the Spheres. See the below FAQs for more information.

2111 7th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121

PUBLIC OPENING HOURS

10 a.m.–6 p.m. PST First and third Saturday of each month (unless noted).

TRANSPORTATION

We encourage visitors to use public transit options or rideshare. Parking is available at 2021 7th Avenue, 2121 7th Avenue, or on neighboring streets.

• Please remain on walkways and refrain from touching plant life
• No weapons are allowed
• Limit your bag size to 12” x 12” or less
• When can I visit The Spheres? The Spheres are open weekdays from 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and are accessible to all badged Amazon employees and their guests (up to six). We invite the public to visit The Spheres every first and third Saturday of the month from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. with confirmation of a reservation. You may reserve a public Saturday time here .
• Who contributed to The Spheres? The Spheres were the result of thinking big about what is often lost in the workspace—a connection to nature. The idea was conceived by Amazon leaders, Amazon Horticulture and design partners. Through every stage, on-staff horticulturists were consulted to ensure the connection to plant life, conservation, and biophilic design remained the primary focuses. Amazon Horticulture worked with botanical partners such as Atlanta Botanical Garden ; University of Washington Biology Departmen t; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden ; The Huntington Art Museum, Library, and Botanical Gardens ; and San Francisco State University with the belief that the best way to save plants is to share them.
• What is the climate of The Spheres? The Spheres climate is optimized so both plants and visitors can thrive. Visitors can expect a daytime temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit with humidity at around 60%. No heavy coat needed.
• Are there any age restrictions? The Spheres are open to all ages. However, minors (under 18) must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
• Can I bring my dog? To ensure the safety of the plants and displays, pets are not permitted in The Spheres. Only service animals are allowed.
• Is there a coat/bag check? Due to limited space in The Spheres, we do not offer coat or bag check services.
• Are there food options in The Spheres? We proudly serve General Porpoise coffee on the second floor, as well as offer water to visitors. For nearby dining options, feel free to ask for a recommendation.
• Where can I learn more about the plants in The Spheres? Ambassadors are always on site to answer questions about the buildings and plants. To learn more about the diverse flora featured in The Spheres, you can visit our Instagram account or connect with Amazon Horticulture.
• Is photography allowed at The Spheres? While personal photography is allowed and encouraged, please refrain from using flash, tripods, or other photography equipment. For distributional or commercial photography, please submit an inquiry to [email protected] .
• Who can I contact with questions or concerns? Please email [email protected] with any questions.

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Amazon’s new urban botanical garden is primarily intended as an employee workspace, but the Seattle company has set up a few ways to tour the space.

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Amazon’s Spheres, a botanical gardenlike workspace for the retail giant’s employees, are primarily a private space.

But the company has set up a few ways for the public to access the geodesic domes — in downtown Seattle on Lenora Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues — starting Tuesday, when the Spheres officially open to visitors and employees.

Amazon has set up an exhibit space, showing off details about the Spheres design and the plants within, on the ground floor. Called the Spheres Discovery at Understory, it’s open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free but you must make a reservation at www.seattlespheres.com/visit-understory . Amazon says the exhibit takes 20 to 40 minutes to browse.

Interested in seeing the employee-only areas? Amazon’s guided headquarters tours, offered on Wednesdays, will include a stop at the Spheres. Getting in is difficult, however: Amazon’s free tours are fully booked through June, which is as far out as its reservation system goes . (You can opt into a waitlist, however).

Amazon now also offers a third option: Free public visiting hours on two Saturdays a month. A reservation is required for the unguided visit. The first open house date available online is April 21.

Two retail spaces in the Spheres, with occupants to be named later, will also be open to the public.

The Spheres as they were being built:

Bell Street

Welcome to Bell Street! As with many of the streets you’ll see throughout the tour, Bell Street was named for one of the families that arrived to the area on the sailing ship Exact. William Bell and his wife, Sarah Bell, arrived with the original Denny Party in 1851. Olive, Virginia, and Stewart Streets are all named after William Bell’s children - quite a family legacy.

Amazon is passionate about fostering small businesses. Did you know that over half of items sold on Amazon.com come from small and medium businesses?

Marination is a local business delivering Hawaiian-style eats out of Amazon Doppler’s retail space

During the pandemic, when our 55,000 Seattle-based employees were working from home, we immediately (in four days!) created the Amazon Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund to provide grants and free rents to the local businesses in South Lake Union, including food trucks that come daily to serve our employees. We invested $19 million dollars to make sure they stayed afloat and were ready to come back when the situation improved.

Looking slightly right of the Space Needle, two blocks north, you might catch a glimpse of Denny Park. This was Seattle’s first park - and fun fact, its first cemetery too! Amazon supported the restoration of Denny Park while building the headquarters campus. Today, it’s a vibrant community park with farmers markets, concerts, and art exhibitions held all year round.

Seattle’s bike network passes right through Amazon’s Headquarters

A great way to take in all of the sites is utilizing Seattle’s bike network, which passes right through Amazon’s headquarters in South Lake Union. During the planning phases, it became clear that the community would need ample paths and bike parking. Amazon worked with the city of Seattle to refine the bike network and build better infrastructure for those who like to commute on foot. We provide our employees with bike subsidies, underground parking, locker rooms, and repair areas to make use of Seattle’s vast bike network to keep more cars off the roads.

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• Where Is The Headquarters Of Amazon Located?

Amazon is an American company, which operates in the fields of artificial intelligence, digital streaming, cloud computing, and e-commerce. Amazon is one of the big four technology companies in the US, with the others being Facebook, Apple, and Google. In terms of revenue and market capitalization, Amazon is ranked as the world leader in cloud computing platform, artificial intelligence assistant provider, and e-commerce marketplace. Amazon was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos in Washington. In the beginning, the company was an online marketplace for books, but over the years, the company expanded to sell software electronics, jewelry, video games, toys, food, furniture, and apparel, among other items. By 2015, Amazon had become the most valuable retailer in the country by market capitalization when it surpassed Walmart. Amazon is headquartered in Seattle.

Amazon Tower II

The headquarters of Amazon in Seattle is located at Amazon Tower II, also known as Day 1 Building or Rufus 2.0 Block 19. The building is 521 feet tall, and it is at the intersection of 7th Avenue and Lenora Street. It is one of the three Tower Complexes, which forms the headquarters of the Amazon. The name Day 1 was initially used as the name for the two buildings of Amazon in the South Lake Union campus, which have since been renamed. The construction of the building was completed in 2016, and it is considered the most expensive construction project in the city. One of the Amazon Go convenience stores is located within the building, which was opened to the general public in 2018.

Amazon Spheres

The Amazon spheres refer to 3 spherical-shaped conservatories, which are part of the Amazon headquarters campus. NBBJ designed them, and the domes of the three spheres are covered in hexecontahedron and pentagonal panels. They serve as a workspace and lounge for the employees. The domes have a height equivalent to three to four-story buildings and they house about 40,000 plants. The three spheres are reserved exclusively for the employees of Amazon, but on the weekly headquarters tours, they are open to the public, and there is an exhibit on the ground floor.

Amazon HQ2 

Amazon HQ2 is the corporate headquarters of Amazon, which is to be located in Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. It was announced in 2017 as an expansion of the headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Amazon had indicated that the construction would cater for 50,000 workers and would spend $5 billion. Amazon invited different governments to give them corporate tax breaks, among other incentives to entice the company to their locality. Amazon received more than 200 invitations from different cities in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Each was promising tax breaks, improved infrastructure developments, quick approvals of construction, new crime reduction programs, and other incentives. In January 2018, the company announced it had shortlisted 20 finalists and finally narrowed down to two locations. In November 2018, Amazon announced that it would split into two locations, with each having 25,000 workers. Crystal City in Virginia and Long Island City in New York were identified. Later the company dropped the New York location because of protests from the locals and some politicians.

Crystal City, Arlington headquarters 

The construction of the new headquarters in Crystal City, Arlington in Virginia , has not started as of September 2019. According to Amazon, they have proposed a pair of 22-story structures in the city’s 16 acre part of the metropolitan parking area, where warehouses were located. The office space will cover 2.1 million square feet, and the retail space will cover 67,000 square feet.

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