re: Amazon's updated plans for DC at Cortana is even larger than anticipated - up to 3500 jobs

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Background check issues for many, upon many people who would be looking for fulfillment center jobs in that area.

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For the most part those people won’t be applying but Amazon does hire some people with felony convictions. Not drug, theft, violent or sex crimes. But people might be surprised at the people that can pass a lot of things. We have all required to have TWIC and able to pass DISA drug and background screening. The majority of ones applying that can’t pass the previous listed? Young white males.

This facility will have a large portion of female staff which is good because it starts at $15 hour for day shift, more for overnight, benefits and bonuses. These jobs are on par with skilled labor in the industrial sector.

Amazon won’t have a problem hiring a workforce and knowing the people of this area-the workers of this area-it will be a good one.

All areas have thugs and deadbeats. It won’t be those but there are plenty of people in this metropolitan area that just want to work and with an opportunity like Amazon is giving they will perform-knowing they can actually advance should they want.

This is a good thing that many other cities would love to have and Baton Rouge and the naysayers should embrace it instead of just complaining.