Amazon Wakefield team celebrates success with special event
The team at Amazon's Wakefield fulfilment centre enjoyed a celebratory event recently at Carousel Bar in Leeds to mark the company's busiest trading period.
Hundreds of Amazon employees gathered to mark the successful completion of ‘peak’ - the weeks leading up to Christmas when customer orders reach their highest levels of the year.
The festive shopping period sees Amazon welcome thousands of seasonal colleagues across its UK operations network, all working alongside permanent team members to ensure packages arrive on time for customers nationwide.
The post-peak celebration has become an annual tradition, giving teams the opportunity to come together and reflect on their collective achievements.
Gill Fedorov, General Manager at Amazon in Wakefield said: “While many businesses are quietening down for the holidays, our teams come together to deliver for our customers locally and around the UK.
“This celebration is our way of saying thank you to every single person who played their part in making Christmas special for our customers. It's been fantastic to bring everyone together to celebrate what we've accomplished as a team, and I'm excited about what we'll achieve together in 2026.”
Michelle Gray, an Amazon employee who attended the celebration, said: “The party was a great way to celebrate everything we accomplished together during our busiest time of year. There’s a real sense of camaraderie here, and it's brilliant to work alongside such a dedicated team. I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of 2026 brings.”