Online retail giant Amazon has announced its intention to open three additional fulfillment centers in New Jersey.
The press release reveals that Edison, Cranbury Township and Logan Township are the places where the company intends to build the three new centers, which will join the existing seven facilities in the area. Amazon's operations in New Jersey began five years ago, and have since grown to employ over 13,000 full-time workers across the facilities in Avenel, Carteret, Florence, Logan Township, and Robbinsville.
The smaller, 900,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Edison will handle items such as kitchenware, books and toys. Larger items like music equipment, sports gear, or patio furniture will be picked, packed, and shipped at the more than 900,000-square-foot and 1-million-square-foot centers in Cranbury Township and Logan Township, respectively.
It is pointed out in the press release that Amazon's full-time employees have a number of benefits, such as healthcare, 401(k) and awards consisting of company stock. It also highlights the Career Choice program, which essentially pays "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". So far, over 9,000 employees have taken advantage of the program, pursuing degrees in everything from game design to radiology.
It is not yet clear when construction will begin, nor if the rooftops of the three new fulfillment centers will be part of Amazon's initiative to install solar panels on the roofs of 15 of these centers in the United States by the year's end.
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