Amazon is Adding 3,000 More Jobs in Arizona

[Melanie Johnston]

The Arizona Republic is reporting Amazon will be adding new permanent jobs in Arizona.

An excerpt:

Amazon.com, which already employs more than 17,500 people in Arizona, plans to add another 3,000 permanent jobs in the state as it gears up for what could be a robust holiday shopping season.

Amazon, which entered Arizona in 2007 with its first 300 employees, expects to open 11 new buildings in the state in 2020, said Lisa Guinn, a company spokeswoman.

Amazon has operations in Phoenix, the West Valley, East Valley, Tucson and elsewhere. That includes a massive fulfillment and shipping center in west Phoenix with a footprint of 1.2 million square feet or roughly 28 football fields, she said.

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Happy that my online purchases are benefitting my local economy!

Melanie