Amazon.com,
Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced it is finalizing plans to open a new
1.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Moreno Valley, Calif.
Amazon will create more than 1,000 full-time jobs at the fulfillment
center when it opens. This will be Amazon’s fourth fulfillment center in
the state. The company’s other sites are located in Patterson, San
Bernardino and Tracy.
“We are excited to grow our presence in the great state of California,
bringing more than 1,000 new full-time jobs to Moreno Valley to join the
thousands of Californians we employ currently in our fulfillment centers
in Patterson, San Bernardino and Tracy,” said Mike Roth, Amazon’s vice
president of North America operations. “Amazon’s fulfillment center
positions are full-time jobs that offer competitive wages, benefits,
company stock awards, 401(k) and programs like Career Choice where
Amazon will pre-pay the cost of tuition for employees to go back to
school. We look forward to joining the community.”
Amazon fulfillment center jobs pay on average 30 percent more than
traditional retail jobs and that doesn’t even include the stock grants
that full-time employees receive. Amazon employees receive comprehensive
benefits, including healthcare starting on day one, 401(k) and company
stock awards. Amazon also offers full-time employees innovative programs
like Career Choice, where 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 last summer, employees are pursuing degrees in game design and
visual communications, nursing, IT programming and radiology, to name a
few.
"The innovative spirit of Amazon fits well with the creative and
entrepreneurial environment in California," said California Governor
Edmund G. Brown Jr. "The investment today means hundreds of new jobs in
the Inland Empire."
At the facility, Amazon employees will pick, pack and ship small items
to customers like books, electronics or consumer goods.
Trammell Crow Company and Clarion Partners are building the site as part
of a joint venture. To learn more about working at an Amazon fulfillment
center, visit www.amazonfulfillmentcareers.com.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com,
Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on
the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest
Selection. Amazon.com,
Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers
can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and
endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com
and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used
items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital
Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby;
Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors;
and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s
developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services
based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can
use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the
world’s best-selling and most advanced e-reader. It features new display
technology with higher contrast, the next generation built-in light, a
faster processor, the latest touch technology, and exclusive new
features designed from the ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest
and smallest Kindle, features improved fonts and faster page turns. The
new Kindle Fire HDX features a stunning exclusive 7” or 8.9” HDX
display, a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of
battery life, as well as exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including
X-Ray for Music, Second Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the
revolutionary new Mayday button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an
HD display, high-performance processor and dual speakers at a
breakthrough price.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.amazon.de,
www.amazon.co.jp,
www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
www.amazon.cn,
www.amazon.it,
www.amazon.es,
www.amazon.com.br,
www.amazon.in,
and www.amazon.com.mx.
As used herein, “Amazon.com,”
“we,” “our” and similar terms include Amazon.com,
Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and
data center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements,
acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system
interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments
and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's
financial results is included in Amazon.com's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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