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re: Amazon plans moving forward for distribution hub at former Cortana Mall site
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:23 am to big_tuna
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:23 am to big_tuna
quote:Are you afraid that they will start doing some politicking around here? I doubt that. If you're worried that they'll just, you know, pay their employees decently, that's a weird thing to worry about.
The labor market is already tight in BR. Now Amazon is going to push the $15/hour narrative and frick the whole market up.
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Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:24 am to rowbear1922
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Not really. If they build a mostly automated warehouse, there will only be a handful of actual jobs available. Those jobs will go to people with some actual qualifications, not your normal Popeyes employee.
Dude, “mostly automated” shipping centers still require huge numbers of employees.
I would not be surprised if the total number of new Amazon jobs, not to mention other employment by support and ancillary companies, would be in the upper hundreds.
Add in the janitorial companies, electrical/maintenance workers, construction jobs, etc, and it’s easily over 1,000 jobs. That’s pretty big for Baton Rouge.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:25 am to goofball
They better dig a moat and put in some gun turrets first. Ed 309s wouldn’t hurt either.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:26 am to Jimbeaux
surprisingly only a few idiot sjws bitched about the possibility. It's very good news for a doomed old mall
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:27 am to BeerMoney
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Ed 309s wouldn’t hurt either.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:28 am to BeerMoney
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They better dig a moat and put in some gun turrets first. Ed 309s wouldn’t hurt either.
It's not that bad of an area
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:30 am to Jimbeaux
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Dude, “mostly automated” shipping centers still require huge numbers of employees.
I would not be surprised if the total number of new Amazon jobs, not to mention other employment by support and ancillary companies, would be in the upper hundreds.
Add in the janitorial companies, electrical/maintenance workers, construction jobs, etc, and it’s easily over 1,000 jobs. That’s pretty big for Baton Rouge.
My point was more the person concerned about the $15/hr and how it could affect the BR labor market. Many of the jobs you just listed, they would not take the job for $15/hr. It's not like the fry cook or cashier at popeyes would be the same employee potentially picked away by Amazon.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:31 am to goofball
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nce finalized, Amazon is expected to tear down the nearly one-million-square-foot mall property, which was built in 1977, and construct an automated distribution and fulfillment center of more than one million square feet.
This is disgusting. I cut my teeth working at the local Walmart that my daddy worked at and his daddy before him. Last Christmas he was laid off as the greeter and my hours were cut due to amazon killing our business.
It’s disgusting y’all support big corporations taking jobs away
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:32 am to rowbear1922
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It's not like the fry cook or cashier at popeyes would be the same employee potentially picked away by Amazon.
Most of the Amazon employees that I see definitely aren't Popeyes worker types. They seem to have some hiring standards at least.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:33 am to Dire Wolf
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This is disgusting. I cut my teeth working at the local Walmart that my daddy worked at and his daddy before him. Last Christmas he was laid off as the greeter and my hours were cut due to amazon killing our business.
It’s disgusting y’all support big corporations taking jobs away
Don't forget, when I am forced to go to Walmart because I forgot something, I use the self-checkout too.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:35 am to goofball
Lol, there’s going to be so many packages that get “lost” in shipping.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:40 am to jnethe1
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Lol, there’s going to be so many packages that get “lost” in shipping.
about the same as they do now, which isn't often
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:42 am to goofball
I was wondering why there are tons of Amazon jobs commercials on TV lately.
I guess this solves that mystery.
I guess this solves that mystery.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:47 am to fallguy_1978
Agree. Amazon would never raid Popeye’s for employees. They’d raid Chik fil a
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:12 am to goofball
This will probably be what Amazon calls an Advanced Robotics site. They are usually around 1MM square feet. The “robotics” are electric drives that move big pods of goods around. This type of site only distributes goods that are about a shoebox size or smaller to allow the items to fit on the pods. Would employ over 2k during peak times. Good deal for BR if it happens.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:20 am to LSURussian
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That can't be true. All I read on the O-T and Poli Board is how much the Baton Rouge labor market sucks.
Dept of Labor for September shows unemployment rate at 4.2% and 17,000 people unemployed.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:25 am to goofball
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construct an automated distribution and fulfillment center
so not many long term jobs?
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:43 am to Loup
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so not many long term jobs?
A lot of full-time, long term, high paying jobs. The site will employ a whole bunch of operations, finance, HR, etc.. All are paid better than your average BR job and require a college degree. Would also have around 100 maintenance folks who work on the material handling equipment and robotics. Lowest pay for a maintenance tech is over $20 an hour with full benefits. No college degree required. Top maintenance guy earns over $150k.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:44 am to goofball
Not being from BR, is the mall location that great of a location for a distribution center? I am trying to understand why Amazon would purchase the mall properties and the individual stores and then tear it down just to build a new facility?
Seems that it would be better/cheaper/quicker to purchase empty property and then build there.
Unless there is some nice incentives to go the route they are going...
Seems that it would be better/cheaper/quicker to purchase empty property and then build there.
Unless there is some nice incentives to go the route they are going...
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:47 am to BHM
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Not being from BR, is the mall location that great of a location for a distribution center?
It's very centrally located. It sits at the intersection of two major highways and fairly close to the interstate.
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