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Amazon begins hiring process for 1,500 jobs in SLC (Utah)
KSL-TV ^ | July 31, 2018 | Carter Williams

Posted on 07/31/2018 1:11:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

SALT LAKE CITY — Amazon has started its process of hiring people for its new distribution center expected to open later this year.

The company has already begun accepting applications online, and the first of several in-person hiring events is slated for Wednesday at Vivint Arena, Lauren Lynch, an Amazon spokeswoman, wrote in an email. In all, the company anticipates to hire about 1,500 full-time employees for the facility located in the city’s northwest quadrant.

The tech retail giant officially announced the fulfillment center in July 2017, moving into a space west of Salt Lake International Airport located at 777 N. 5600 West. It received tax incentives from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development earlier in 2017 for its 855,000-square-foot facility.

Lynch said in a statement that the company is looking for associates that will work with Amazon Robotics to “pick, pack and ship customer items such as books, toys and small electronics.”

Amazon’s in-person hiring events will be held in Salt Lake daily for two weeks, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The first batch will be at Vivint Arena from Wednesday, Aug. 1 through Monday, Aug. 6; and at Hilton Salt Lake (255 S. West Temple) from Tuesday, Aug. 7 through Thursday, Aug. 16. Each day starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m.

People can also apply online here.

The governor's economic office estimated back in 2017 that the Amazon fulfillment facility would generate about $85.5 million in new wages and $28.4 million in new state tax revenue.

“This is an incredible ‘get’ for Salt Lake City and the state of Utah, and we couldn’t be more excited to host Amazon in this project," Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski said after Amazon officially announced the fulfillment center.

Amazon’s fulfillment center job openings announcement came on the same day that The Guardian published a report alleging problems employees have had with workplace injuries and how they are handled.

It also cited the National Council of Occupational Safety and Health, which reported seven workers have been killed in workplace accidents since 2013, including three between September and October 2017.

A spokesperson for the company told the news outlet that workplace safety was the company’s top priority.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: amazon; hiring; jobs; utah
Yes, people die in factory and warehouse accidents. And they have since the beginning of the industrial revolution.
1 posted on 07/31/2018 1:11:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wish they would hire Mitt Romney.


2 posted on 07/31/2018 1:14:40 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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Does anyone know what a starting pay is at Amazon? People working there complain but stay on.
3 posted on 07/31/2018 1:17:59 PM PDT by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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I looked and saw some at $14.40 an hour.


4 posted on 07/31/2018 1:22:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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One of my daughters was hired at the new Sacramento, Ca facility.
Start pay was $13.25.
She got $1.00 more for opting to work the grave shift.
They will base pay on the geographic location and what the market is in that area so SLC may be different pay base.


5 posted on 07/31/2018 1:42:53 PM PDT by freds6girlies (many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Mt. 19:30. R.I.P. G & J)
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Amazon is opening or building new fulfillment centers everywhere. They've had a huge one in Chattanooga for a fews years and now have announced one outside Birmingham that could eventually employ 3,000. Chattanooga and Birmingham aren't that far apart.

'The deal is done:' Amazon to bring 1,500 jobs to Bessemer

6 posted on 07/31/2018 2:10:54 PM PDT by Will88
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To: 4yearlurker

Starting wages for a picker is $11 bucks somthing.


7 posted on 07/31/2018 3:03:17 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: freds6girlies

The extra dollar is not worth the damage to ones health working 3rd shift.


8 posted on 07/31/2018 3:05:47 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (A bad peace is better than a good war.)
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