Amazon.com will open Robbinsville warehouse, creating hundreds of jobs

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ROBBINSVILLE, NJ — Amazon.com will open a 1 million-square-foot mega-warehouse in the township in early 2014, the online retailer announced this morning.

The warehouse, one of two planned for the state, will bring 700 full-time jobs and more than $22 million in tax revenue for the township, school district and Mercer County, township officials said.

"Phase one of Amazon's new state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Robbinsville will spur growth and investment for the Garden State and our local economies while bringing meaningful job creation opportunities for New Jersey's families, " Gov. Chris Christie said in a news release.

At the fulfillment center Amazon employees will pick, pack and ship small items, including books and DVDs. The full-time jobs pay about 30 percent higher than traditional retail jobs and include full-time benefits and stock grants, the retailer said.

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/01/amazoncom_announces_mega-wareh.html

Plus Amazon will start collecting NJ sales tax.

[liberal N proud]

1. Sounds like some good news for the area

[Initech]

2. Those jobs will most likely be part time only with no benefits.

[dmallind]

5. Only if the article is pure imagination....

The warehouse, one of two planned for the state, will bring 700 full-time jobs and more than $22 million in tax revenue for the township, school district and Mercer County, township officials said.

"Phase one of Amazon's new state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Robbinsville will spur growth and investment for the Garden State and our local economies while bringing meaningful job creation opportunities for New Jersey's families, " Gov. Chris Christie said in a news release.

At the fulfillment center Amazon employees will pick, pack and ship small items, including books and DVDs. The full-time jobs pay about 30 percent higher than traditional retail jobs and include full-time benefits and stock grants, the retailer said.

[awoke_in_2003]

3. And not in a red state-

good on them.

[TeamPooka]

4. Activists slam working conditions at Amazon warehouses

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2018185023_amazonlaborrallly11m.html

[FarCenter]

6. They didn't say whether the warehouse was going to be air conditioned

A sales job at the mall would be more comfy. But it would probably pay less.