SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Seattle-based Amazon.com is opening a fulfillment center in Spokane, promising more than 1,500 full-time jobs.
The company announced on Friday that it was opening its first fulfillment center in eastern Washington.
The 600,000-square foot center will be built off Geiger Boulevard just south of the Spokane International Airport. At the beginning of June, the site was just wild grass. At the time it was known as "Project Rose," with only speculation it would be an Amazon Warehouse.
The Seattle-based company said the expected 1,500 employees at the center will work alongside Amazon Robotics to pick, pack and ship items to customers such as games, housewares, school supplies and pet toys. Full-time employees will even receive competitive hourly wages, benefits and a 401k, along with 20 weeks paid parental leave.Those benefits will start on day one for those employees. They will also have access to a career choice program where Amazon will pay 95 percent of tuition for courses related to "in-demand" fields. That's regardless of whether those skills are relevant to a career at Amazon.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.