By Laureen Miles Brunelli. Based in Seattle, WA, this giant of the e-commerce business operates many sites in the United States, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and United Kingdom, employing more than 30, people.

However, its work-at-home operations, though they have expanded in recent years, are still relatively small and focused on customer service. Amazon recruits virtual call center agents , call center managers and human resource professionals to work at home as well as a few tech jobs.

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Virtual call center agents, the largest segment of home-based workers, are employees not independent contractors and may work full or part time for an hourly wage. Amazon's home-based workers are typically in seasonal holiday WAH jobs.

Also see Apple At-Home , which has a similar seasonal hiring program.

All of these work-from-home call center jobs require residency in one of a specific list of states. Some may require on-site training at a specific location as well.

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See the list of states below. Hours may vary and both full- and part-time agents may be required to work shifts that include days, afternoons, evenings, weekends, and occasionally overtime.

Amazon divides its job postings into its hourly, fulfillment jobs, which include its home-based CSAs, and its other salaried jobs, which includes the customer service manager and HR jobs.

To find work at home positions, sort positions to virtual locations in the Amazon jobs website.

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Click "Apply for this Job" at the bottom of the job posting and create a "career profile. Call center applicants need to successfully complete a pre-employment assessment and criminal background check and be able to participate in on-site paid training.

In the fall, Amazon recruits more heavily for customer service jobs, which are usually temporary.

Additionally, Amazon owns Mechanical Turk , a service that allows people to earn money from home doing small virtual jobs. However, Mechanical Turk is not covered in this profile.

For more companies like Mechanical Turk, see this list of micro jobs. Work-at-Home Companies Family Work-Family Balance Work-at-Home Parents.

Amazon Work From Home Call Center A Work-at Home Company Profile. About Amazon Based in Seattle, WA, this giant of the e-commerce business operates many sites in the United States, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and United Kingdom, employing more than 30, people. Amazon Work-at-Home Virtual Call Center Agents Amazon recruits virtual call center agents , call center managers and human resource professionals to work at home as well as a few tech jobs.