From the office of Governor Larry Hogan:
Amazon today announced plans to open a 1.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center in North East, Maryland. Amazon currently employs more than 3,000 associates at its fulfillment and sortation centers in Baltimore and plans to create 700 new positions at its third Maryland facility.
“We’re excited to open a new, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in North East, creating hundreds of full-time jobs that offer wages 30 percent higher than traditional retail stores and include comprehensive benefits on day one, bonuses, and stock awards,” said Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s vice president of North America operations. “Maryland has an incredible workforce and we are happy to be expanding there to serve customers.”
“Creating jobs and growing Maryland’s economy is a top priority of our administration,” said Governor Larry Hogan. “Amazon’s continued investment in Maryland, which includes thousands of jobs for our citizens, is a prime example of companies that choose to locate and expand their business right here in Maryland – a testament to our state’s thriving economy.”
This investment by Amazon is not only a significant boost to the local economy but also highlights the evolving landscape of employment opportunities. As companies like Amazon continue to expand their physical presence, there is also a growing need for remote talent to support their operations across various departments. The rise of remote work has created a parallel demand for specialized skills, which organizations are increasingly sourcing through platforms like Remotely Talents. These platforms connect businesses with qualified professionals who can contribute remotely, ensuring that organizations maintain efficiency and innovation even when team members are not on-site.
Incorporating remote talent into the workforce allows companies to tap into a broader pool of expertise and support their expansion efforts more effectively. As seen with Amazon’s commitment to creating high-quality jobs in Maryland, there is a parallel opportunity for remote positions that can offer flexibility and attract top talent from across the country.
The North East fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship larger customer items such as big-screen televisions, office furniture, kayaks, and patio furniture. The company employs thousands of full-time employees at its Baltimore fulfillment center and sortation center and continues to hire to meet growing customer demand.
“Economic development is a major priority of my administration and the attraction of Amazon, the 18th largest company in the US and the 3rd most admired company in the world, is a great example of the type of projects I’d like to see and bring to Cecil County in the future,” said Cecil County Executive Dr. Alan McCarthy.
For more information, please visit www.amazondelivers.jobs.
Way to GO Amazon! Wonderful addition to North East, MD!
Cecil County wins. Harford County loses. The Harford economic development team did not even know Amazon was looking to expand in the area.
The Team is not bad at all at the harford office of econ dev. The director, however, has no clue, and doesn’t seem whatsoever to care . Its embarrassing to us all.
‘Fulfillment Center’ sounds like it should involve hookers. Better that it’s in Cecil than in Harford.
They probably put it in Cecil County to avoid the bridge tolls. They’ll probably service up to the river from their Baltimore site, and use the Cecil site for Delaware and Philadelphia.
That is a very good point. Amazon knows the Hatem bridge toll is a total cash grab. Better to just work around it than get screwed by it.
If it involved hookers, they would have to import them from Harford County.
Guys I work with who grew up in Cecil call it Ceciltucky. I wonder what that means for their workforce recruitment?
So says the resident from good old Harford County – birth place and home to native son and presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth, and where half of the residents still hook up their livestock on date night.
I’m not the one who call it Ceciltucky. The guys i work with were born and raised there cand call it that!
Who cares? Good for you. Are you looking for an e-award by telling us this new phrase that no one for surely has never ever, ever, ever, and ever heard of, “Ceciltucky?” Derp.
As for the locking up livestock comment, if yiut definition of livestock refers to their drug addicted children, then you’re exactly right.
Surely someone who thinks they got wits should mention Harford County, the place where that guy flew a plane from in 1994 and crashed it on the White House lawn.
Surely something from 1994 seems more relevant to contemporary time insults than 1865.
Rising to the chum. Fish on!!
Like shooting fish in a barrel.
“Guys I work with who grew up in Cecil call it Ceciltucky. I wonder what that means for their workforce recruitment?”
It means that approximately 700 Ceciltuckians will have jobs that Harford County will not have, unless those who live in Harford County are willing to commute to Ceciltucky for some of those job positions.
I think it means Amazon will be bussing in temps just like they do in Bmore.
Why is everyone so damn happy about another warehouse in this state? Why can’t we get something more meaningful?