Amazon Fulfillment

[jerrywall]

The speed they're moving reminds me of the Fedex facility they just built by my house. I was amazed by how quick that developed.

Could we get these construction folks to take over our roads and project 180?

[SOONER8693]

The speed they're moving reminds me of the Fedex facility they just built by my house. I was amazed by how quick that developed.

Could we get these construction folks to take over our roads and project 180?

A huge AMEN to that. I said that very same thing to my wife as we drove by yesterday.

[mugofbeer]

I have a feeling they just duplicate the facilities from city to city - possibly adjusting for a choice of sizes desired in that city.

[shawnw]

From Friday

[Lazio85]

From Friday

[David]

That is a big facility.

[crimsoncrazy]

Amazon will begin paying all employees a minimum of $15 an hour starting November 1.

[gopokes88]

Amazon will begin paying all employees a minimum of $15 an hour starting November 1.

That’s really good news for okc. Upward pressure in wages.

https://apnews.com/amp/222764a6535a4...mpression=true

[Pete]

$15 / hour equates to $30K per year plus benefits.

Considering there is considerable opportunity for overtime, it wouldn't be hard to make $40K in total compensation from these Amazon jobs.

That goes a long way in Oklahoma, especially if there is a 2nd income.

[jn1780]

Yeah, these Amazon jobs all of sudden are looking pretty lucrative for a lot of people in the city. This is going to cause huge disruptions for local employers. Heck I was already feeling pretty under paid at 40k a year working in IT in education given the amount of work I do. Now a Amazon worker will make close to what I do with overtime.

[OKCretro]

If you want a good chuckle this morning go back a few pages on this thread and read all the comments from posters complaining about the salaries, and basically saying "yea those are new jobs, but low pay jobs that aren't good at all". trying to downplay the entire project.

[chuck5815]

If you want a good chuckle this morning go back a few pages on this thread and read all the comments from posters complaining about the salaries, and basically saying "yea those are new jobs, but low pay jobs that aren't good at all". trying to downplay the entire project.

well, to be fair, they weren't wrong at the time.

and it's a bit rich for Amazon to make this move and then immediately ask Congress to raise the federal minimum wage.

[TheSteveHunt]

God bless Bernie Sanders.

[jn1780]

God bless Bernie Sanders.

There was another certain polarizing political feature for better or for worst put pressure on Amazon. They realized it was a dumb idea to have a Democrat and a Republican constantly saying bad things about them.

[TheSteveHunt]

I'm going to go ahead and get my laugh at this post. The people pages back who showed anger towards this $$$$$$$ company
refusing to pay it's employees a livable wage are a part of why this happened.

If you want a good chuckle this morning go back a few pages on this thread and read all the comments from posters complaining about the salaries, and basically saying "yea those are new jobs, but low pay jobs that aren't good at all". trying to downplay the entire project.

[ChrisHayes]

The minimum wage at Hobby Lobby is close to 16 an hour, so Amazon will probably apply more upward pressure. I'm glad I bought my house where I did. Hopefully I'll get faster equity build

[TheSteveHunt]

people who work at hobby lobby stores make $16/hr? If true thats great... I know a few of their
drivers, and they do pretty well. Hilarious dudes. One is a definitive good ol boy who always tells me
funny stories of driving a HL truck on the west coast and people flipping him off non-stop. He just laughs it off.... life
is always better when you can afford things...

[d-usa]

The folks stocking at Target this morning were all talking about this.

[gopokes88]

If you want a good chuckle this morning go back a few pages on this thread and read all the comments from posters complaining about the salaries, and basically saying "yea those are new jobs, but low pay jobs that aren't good at all". trying to downplay the entire project.

Sometimes to get to the job you want you have to go through 3-4 you don't. Jobs are jobs.

[CloudDeckMedia]

The Amazon pay raise apparently also extends to Whole Foods employees.

$15.00 in OKC is a pretty big deal, but not in more expensive cities like New York and San Francisco. Good for us!

[TheSteveHunt]

Will be interesting to see if they start using temps from 3rd parties.... sure they will during seasonal, and
probably will for just regular scenarios....

[ChrisHayes]

people who work at hobby lobby stores make $16/hr? If true thats great... I know a few of their
drivers, and they do pretty well. Hilarious dudes. One is a definitive good ol boy who always tells me
funny stories of driving a HL truck on the west coast and people flipping him off non-stop. He just laughs it off.... life
is always better when you can afford things...

I think store pay is a little lower, but it's at least close to 16 at the distribution center. Truck maintenance starts at 17

[Zuplar]

Almost all of our entry level jobs where I work start at $14-$15 an hour plus benefits, and that's basically answering the phone and doing minor administrative work. Nowadays I feel like you got to earn at least $60-75k a year to just be that middle class family that's the supposed American dream. I guess my point is while $15 is an improvement, I still don't feel like wage is all that great in OKC unless I was a young single person.

[jonny d]

Almost all of our entry level jobs where I work start at $14-$15 an hour plus benefits, and that's basically answering the phone and doing minor administrative work. Nowadays I feel like you got to earn at least $60-75k a year to just be that middle class family that's the supposed American dream. I guess my point is while $15 is an improvement, I still don't feel like wage is all that great in OKC unless I was a young single person.

Goes a whole heck of a lot further here than in other cities where they will still pay $15 or so per hour. I'm not letting great be the enemy of good.

[TheSteveHunt]

The folks stocking at Target this morning were all talking about this.

I think Amazon's goal is to get ahead of the pack, eliminate the pack, and then go back to hideous wages
for the workers.....