Amazon Announces Plans to Expand in Ohio; Two New Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Centers Will Create More Than 2,500 Full-Time J...
22 Julio 2019 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
The new fulfillment centers in Akron and
Rossford will total more than 1.4 million-square-feet
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to open
two new Ohio fulfillment centers, one in Akron and the other in
Rossford, creating more than 2,500 full-time jobs with
comprehensive benefits and opportunities to work alongside Amazon
robotics in an industry-leading workplace.
“Ohio has been a great place to do business, serve customers and
create jobs; as a result, we are thrilled to develop two
state-of-the-art fulfillment centers in Akron and Rossford,” said
Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon’s Vice President of Global Customer
Fulfillment. “We're excited to grow our team in the Buckeye state,
which now includes more than 8,500 Amazonians, and be part of the
larger Ohio community.”
“Amazon continues to demonstrate confidence in the great
workforce and e-commerce business climate we have in Ohio,” said
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. “I’m pleased to welcome two additional
investments from Amazon, which bring thousands of new jobs to Ohio
and cutting-edge facilities to Akron and Rossford.”
Each fulfillment center is more than 700,000 square feet and
will be used to pick, pack and ship small items to customers such
as books, electronics and toys. All associates will go through
hours of safety training and ongoing coaching and will have access
to continuing education opportunities through Amazon’s upskilling
programs such as Career Choice in which 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.
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 has been a strong partner in Ohio, creating more than
8,500 jobs here that have brought benefits and health care on day
one,” said J.P. Nauseef, JobsOhio President and Chief Investment
Officer. “JobsOhio and our regional and local partners welcome
these new facilities that will employ 2,500 Ohioans, revitalize an
Akron neighborhood, and bring Amazon’s largest Northwest Ohio
investment to Rossford.”
“We are excited to have Amazon build on to its already strong
business relationship with Ohio by selecting the City of Akron for
its new facility,” said Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan. “Once completed,
this fulfillment center will provide even more opportunities for
good jobs to people seeking employment in and around Akron.”
“Rossford is home to an increasingly diverse business community,
we are thrilled that Amazon will be joining those ranks by locating
its new fulfillment center here,” said Rossford Mayor Neil A.
MacKinnon III. ”We welcome Amazon as our new neighbor and look
forward to the job creation Amazon will bring for members of our
community and the surrounding areas.”
An Amazon presence in Ohio means more than just the jobs
provided within the fulfillment center’s four walls. In addition to
full-benefit, great jobs inside its buildings, the company has
brought thousands of jobs in construction and services. Since 2010,
Amazon has invested more than $5 billion in the state through its
customer fulfillment and cloud infrastructure, and compensation to
its employees. Using methodology developed by the U.S. Bureau of
Economic Analysis, Amazon estimates its investments in the state
have created an additional 19,000 indirect jobs on top of the
company’s direct hires.
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 right here in Ohio.
There are more than 55,000 authors, small and medium-sized
businesses, and developers in Ohio growing their companies and
reaching new customers on Amazon products and services.
These projects are being developed in partnership with Seefried
Industrial Properties, Duke Realty, the Development Finance
Authority of Summit County, and the Wood County Port Authority.
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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