Job fulfillment awaiting Amazon center opening

When Amazon opens a new fulfillment facility in Fort Myers, its salary and benefits structure may disrupt the Southwest Florida labor market.

The former 60,000-square-foot Clive Daniel Furnishings warehouse near Southwest Florida International Airport will be home to an Amazon fulfillment center in 2019. It will employ 500 part-time workers. JimJett.com photo
The former 60,000-square-foot Clive Daniel Furnishings warehouse near Southwest Florida International Airport will be home to an Amazon fulfillment center in 2019. It will employ 500 part-time workers. JimJett.com photo
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Amazon is coming to Fort Myers, and the online e-commerce giant's impact on the local employment base will be felt sometime — perhaps as early as January — in 2019.

That impact stems from the Seattle company's plans to begin operations in a warehouse near Southwest Florida International Airport, at 10016 Bavaria Road. It's the third Amazon fulfillment center in the region, joining others in Hillsborough County and Lakeland.   

 

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