Amazon Announces First Fulfillment Center in Idaho
11 October 2019 - 06:30AM
Business Wire
The new fulfillment center will total more than
650,000 square feet, creating more than 1,000 full-time jobs
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to open
its first fulfillment center in Idaho, creating more than 1,000
full-time jobs with comprehensive benefits and opportunities to
work alongside Amazon robotics in an industry-leading workplace.
The state-of-the-art facility will be located in Nampa, Idaho, and
will open in 2020.
“We’re excited to open our first customer fulfillment center in
Idaho and to bring more than 1,000 full-time jobs to the city,”
said Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon’s Vice President of Global Customer
Fulfillment. “Amazon is committed to creating a positive economic
impact in Nampa and enhancing the customer experience throughout
the region.”
“Amazon’s investment in Nampa will add job opportunities for our
citizens and create a ripple effect of economic activity throughout
the region,” Idaho Governor Brad Little said. “The investment
demonstrates that Idaho’s workforce and economy continue to attract
the ideas and businesses that thrive in a knowledge-based economy.
We are proud that Amazon chose Idaho to expand and do
business.”
Amazon will fulfill customer orders such as books, electronics
and toys from this 650,000-square-foot fulfillment center. All
associates will go through safety training and ongoing coaching and
will have access to continuing education opportunities through
Amazon’s upskilling programs such as Career Choice. The company
will pre-pay up to 95 percent of tuition for courses related to
in-demand fields, regardless of whether the skills are relevant to
a career at Amazon. Since the program’s launch, over 25,000
employees have pursued degrees in game design and visual
communications, nursing, IT programming and radiology, to name a
few.
Nampa Mayor Debbie Kling said, “I would like to thank Amazon for
choosing Nampa to locate their newest fulfillment center. Their
investment in local transportation improvements and a competitive
employment package represents a significant opportunity for our
community. The City of Nampa will do everything we can to support
the expedited construction timeline and we look forward to being
part of the Amazon family.”
On top of Amazon’s $15 minimum wage, the company offers
full-time employees comprehensive benefits including full medical,
vision, and dental insurance as well as a 401(k) with 50 percent
match starting on day one. The company also offers up to 20 weeks
of maternal and parental paid leave and innovative benefits such as
Leave Share and Ramp Back, which give new parents flexibility with
their growing families. In addition, Amazon has pledged to invest
over $700 million to provide upskilling training for 100,000 U.S.
employees for in-demand jobs. Programs will help Amazonians from
all backgrounds access training to move into highly skilled roles
across the company’s corporate offices, tech hubs, fulfillment
centers, retails stores, and transportation network, or pursue
career paths outside of Amazon.
Amazon’s fulfillment network supports millions of businesses of
all sizes worldwide through its Fulfillment By Amazon offering, and
many of those local organizations are based in Idaho. There are
more than 11,000 authors, small and medium-sized businesses, and
developers in Idaho growing their companies and reaching new
customers on Amazon products and services.
This project is being developed in partnership with Pannotoni
Development Co. Inc.
About Amazon
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than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
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