Amazon bringing 3,000 jobs to NC
It’s been a couple of years in the making, but Amazon has announced it is hiring for its massive distribution center in Garner, North Carolina with plans to create more…
PETERBOROUGH, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 28: Employees select and dispatch items in the huge Amazon ‘fulfilment centre’ warehouse on November 28, 2013 in Peterborough, England. The online retailer is preparing for ‘Cyber Monday’, as it predicts the busiest day for online shopping in the UK will fall on Monday December 2nd this year. On Cyber Monday in 2012 amazon.co.uk recorded over 3.5 million individual items ordered, which equates to 41 items purchased per second. The Peterborough fulfilment centre is 500,000 sq ft, equivalent to approximately seven football pitches in floor area. Amazon are due to employ more than 1,000 seasonal staff to cope with increased demand in the run up to Christmas. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesIt's been a couple of years in the making, but Amazon has announced it is hiring for its massive distribution center in Garner, North Carolina with plans to create more than 1,000 jobs than initially expected.
That means the jobs coming to the Carolinas went from 2,000 to 3,000!
The facility is 640,000 square feet and will pack and ship products to customers across the region from household goods to electronics.
If you are wanting to snag one of these 3,000 jobs, you can apply online here.
The new position will start at $15 per hour plus benefits starting on day one of employment. That means you will get health care, 401k with a 50% match and up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave.
These job opportunities come at a great time when unemployment and financial struggles have been impacting the state due to COVID-19.
Source: BizJournal
