Dream trip to Seattle for Amazon Fife employee

Maria, who works at Amazon in Dunfermline, made the trip to Seattle after taking part in the ‘I Found the Right Place’ programme.

It invites Amazon employees to tell the company why it is the right place for them and what they love most about life at the company.

In Maria’s story, she talked about how her flexible working patterns allows her to follow one of her passions – hiking – in her free time.

She enjoys the flexibility in her role as it also allows her to study in her spare time. She also praised the diversity at Amazon and how her role had helped her meet new people from a wide variety of places, including Peru and Australia.

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Maria jetted off to Seattle for a week of fun and adventures, where she joined colleagues from across the UK to have a tour of the global headquarters and a robotics fulfilment centre, where they met Dave Clark, senior vice president of worldwide operations.

Maria said: “I’ve had so many great experiences here and if I could describe the trip in one word, I’d definitely pick ‘awesome’ – we’ve had the best time.

“My two favourite activities were visiting Pike Place Market and our trip to Amazon campus.

“At the market, we met farmers and fishermen and it was brilliant to hear the story of their produce while also learning some of the history of the market itself.

“The trip to the campus was great and it was a real privilege to know that the badge you wear to work in the UK can give you access to such a cool place like the Spheres, where you can read, work and study. They look great on the outside too – seeing them was a real highlight.”

Graham Allison, general manager at Amazon in Dunfermline, added: “Maria’s story of why she loves working at Amazon was fantastic and we were proud to see her jet off to Seattle. We loved hearing all about her trip.”