Further engages in community with $100,000
donation to the Detroit Public Schools Community District’s STEM
program
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced its continued
investment in the metro Detroit area with five new buildings to
support operations closer to customers. The sites are expected to
create more than 2,000 permanent full- and part-time jobs with a
minimum $15 per hour wage and comprehensive benefits starting on
the employee’s first day.
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New Amazon facilities in Metro Detroit.
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“We’re excited to be expanding our network to better serve our
customers in the great city of Detroit,” said Alicia Boler Davis,
Amazon’s vice president of global customer fulfillment. “We are
grateful for the strong support we’ve received from local and state
leaders as we broaden our footprint throughout Michigan. We look
forward to bringing more than 2,000 good jobs to Metro Detroit and
contributing positively to the community.”
"We're thrilled that Amazon selected Detroit for what will be
one of the largest fulfillment centers in Michigan,” said Detroit
Mayor Mike Duggan. “Amazon has been a great partner and its most
important delivery will be the 3,000 construction jobs, 1,200
permanent jobs and new small business opportunities this new
facility will bring to our city."
INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES
As Amazon grows in Detroit, it is committed to contributing in a
variety of ways to the local community where our teams live and
work, including by supporting food banks with monetary
contributions and delivery services, funding computer science
education for underserved and underrepresented students, and
providing in-kind donations to meet immediate and basic needs. Most
recently, Amazon donated $100,000 to the Detroit Public Schools
Community District (DPSCD) to help the district enhance its
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs and
expand its resources. Beyond the donation, Amazon plans to support
the school’s STEM programs with hands-on learning and mentorship
opportunities in the coming year.
“Amazon’s investment in our expanding Career Academy work with a
focus on STEM will allow students to continue to experience a more
relevant high school education,” said Dr. Nikolai Vitti, Detroit
Public Schools Community District’s superintendent. “We are
continuing to see more companies recognize that there is a shared
responsibility in ensuring that career pathways are developed at
the high school level and through the traditional public school
system to ensure that the greatest number of students in the city
can actualize their talent. When this happens, students, companies,
and the city all benefit.”
In total, Amazon invested over $2.5 million in 2020 to multiple
nonprofit organizations in the region, including:
- Beaumont Children’s Center
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit
- Cass Community Social Services Inc.
- COTS of Detroit Forgotten Harvest
- Friends of Animals Detroit
- Forgotten Harvest
- Matrix Human Services
JOB CREATION
On one of the five new sites, Amazon plans to open a new 823,000
square-foot fulfillment center in Detroit, creating 1,200 new
full-time jobs when it launches in 2021. The site will be the
fourth fulfillment center in the state using Amazon robotics to
help associates pick, pack and ship smaller items to customers.
The other four sites include a same-day facility, XL fulfillment
center and two sortation centers that play critical roles in the
fulfillment of large products and “middle mile,” or the process of
transporting packages between Amazon sites before last mile
delivery for customers. Packages are shipped to sort centers from
Amazon Air hubs, gateways and fulfillment centers to be sorted by
zip code before being transported to delivery stations or last-mile
delivery partners for customer delivery. In 2021, Amazon’s new
fulfillment and sortation centers in Detroit include:
- Detroit – Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center.
- Hazel Park – Sub-Same-Day Fulfillment Center.
- Pinnacle Park – Amazon “XLFC” Fulfillment Center.
- Pinnacle Park – Amazon Sort Center.
- Plymouth – Amazon Sort Center.
- Pontiac – Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center.
Amazon currently operates 10 sites in Detroit that support
customer fulfillment and delivery operations, including four
facilities that launched in 2020.
“With this deal, we are able to appropriately redevelop the
Pinnacle property – adding roughly 1,000 new jobs for local
residents while expanding our tax base at the same time,” said
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans. “When I took office, I made it
a priority to repurpose the land in a more productive way that made
sense for the location. Working in collaboration with Huron
Township leaders and Detroit Aerotropolis, my team identified a new
approach for the site that was both economically viable and
consistent with the community’s vision. I’m pleased that Amazon
agrees that Pinnacle is a prime location for a world-class
logistics and distribution facility that will put Wayne County
residents to work.”
“Huron Township welcomes the creation of approximately 1,000
jobs the Amazon facilities offer. This Amazon project will serve to
jump-start additional economic growth that will make up a much
larger comprehensive mixed use development planned for this area,”
said David Glaab, Huron Township Supervisor. “This investment will
serve to bolster and compliment the efforts of the Detroit Region
Aerotropolis in its mission to attract advanced manufacturing, next
generation mobility and emerging technologies to this region.”
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
On top of Amazon’s industry-leading minimum $15 per hour wage,
the company offers full-time employees comprehensive benefits
including full medical, vision, and dental insurance as well as a
401(k) with 50 percent match starting on day one. The company also
offers up to 20 weeks of maternal and parental paid leave and
innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which give
new parents flexibility to support their growing families.
Amazon has also pledged to invest over $700 million to provide
upskilling training for 100,000 U.S. employees for in-demand jobs,
and in 2020 it promoted more than 35,000 associates in its
operations network. The upskilling programs will help Amazon team
members from all backgrounds access training to move into highly
skilled roles across the company’s corporate offices, tech hubs,
fulfillment centers, retail stores and transportation network, or
pursue career paths in high-demand fields outside of Amazon.
AMAZON IN MICHIGAN
- Since 2010, Amazon has created more than 13,500 jobs in
Michigan and invested more than $2.5 billion across the state,
including infrastructure and compensation to its employees.
- Amazon’s investments have contributed more than $2.1 billion in
GDP to the Michigan economy and have helped create over 10,000
indirect jobs on top of Amazon’s direct hires – from jobs in
construction and logistics to professional services.
- More than 42,000 independent authors and small and medium
businesses in Michigan are selling to customers in Amazon’s store,
creating thousands of additional jobs across the state.
KEEPING EMPLOYEES SAFE
Amazon prioritizes the safety and health of its employees to
provide a safe workplace, and the company invested more than $10
billion to help keep employees safe and deliver products to
customers throughout 2020. This includes more than $961 million
invested in safety measures and equipment in Amazon buildings,
including masks, temperature screening, pexiglas shields,
sanitizing products, additional cleaning teams, and even an on-site
testing program. Amazon has also made over 150 significant process
changes to make sure they keep their team safe throughout each day,
including new social distancing measures and enhanced cleaning and
sanitizing across every site.
Amazon was recently ranked #2 on the Forbes World’s Best
Employers list. For more information about current job openings in
Detroit, visit www.amazondelivers.jobs.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
- See an Amazon Fulfillment Center In Action
- Amazon Job Creation and Investment U.S.
- U.S. Investment Map
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