Amazon to hire 1,500 workers for 90 acre Woodburn warehouse
Amazon s planned Woodburn fulfillment center will serve retail customers throughout the region.
On Wednesday, June 30, Amazon officially announced its plans to open a new fulfillment center at Woodland Avenue and Butteville Road NE in Woodburn.
The online retail giant purchased 130 acres in the Woodburn enterprise zone last week. Amazon officials said they envision opening the new center in 2023, and it will hire more than 1,500 full-time employees who will help pick, pack and ship orders to customers in the general region. The average starting wage is expected to be about $17 per hour with benefits.
UpdatedTue, Jun 1, 2021 at 10:26 am ET
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Amazon opens first Disaster Relief Hub near Atlanta airport for quick response ahead of hurricane season. (Courtesy of Amazon.)
ATLANTA With the official start of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season on Tuesday, Amazon has positioned Atlanta as a strategic response center.
Amazon on Tuesday opened its first Disaster Relief Hub in Atlanta to get a faster response to areas on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Caribbean islands and Central America typically affected by annual natural disasters.
The 10,000 cubic-foot fulfillment center space at the hub located just outside Atlanta will stock more than a half-million supplies donated by Amazon.