Amazon adding 1,000 jobs to new robotics fulfillment center in Georgia
It will be the first fulfillment center in the state where employees work alongside robots
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Amazon is adding 1,000 jobs to a new robotics fulfillment center in an Atlanta suburb.
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The 640,000-square-foot facility in Gwinnett County will be the eighth fulfillment center Amazon has opened in Georgia in the last decade, according to Fox News' Atlanta bureau.
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"What an exciting day," Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said during a Tuesday press conference. "We just can't thank Amazon enough for the investments that they've been making in our state."
Amazon robot (Amazon: Jordan Stead)
The fulfillment center will be the first in Georgia to use advanced robotics to help employees, who will earn an average $15 per hour plus full benefits, pack and ship tens of thousands of online orders, local news outlet WSB-TV 2 reported.
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The company's regional director of operations for Amazon robotics for the U.S. Southeast, Robert Packett, said Amazon "will pay 95 percent of upfront costs, for courses in high-demand fields, regardless of whether the skills will be used for Amazon."
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Packett added that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant has "supported the creation of 24,000 new jobs through 350 projects" — a 4% increase from 2019.
Amazon has brought more than 10,000 jobs to Georgia and invested a total of $3 million in the state so far, according to the outlet.