Amazon’s distribution center plans to expand

[CMF Newsman]

Already the size of 17 football fields, Amazon’s Chattanooga distribution center is about to get bigger.

Fresh off a successful holiday season in which the site became one of Amazon’s busiest in terms of volume of items handled, company officials said plans are to expand operations inside the massive Enterprise South industrial park facility.

Work will start this month on an expansion that will add onto an existing second-level mezzanine and boost floor space to about 28 football fields, said Sanjay Shah, the Chattanooga center’s general manager.

The space is expected to be ready by midsummer. Cost of the work wasn’t disclosed

Reead more: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jan/08/amazons-chattanooga-distribution-center-plans-expa/

[LimitedRecourse]

Maps are definately necessary to navigate this behemoth.

[Bob]

I know several people that were laid off because "business was slow".
[shrug]

[HonorH957]

Jan 10, 2012 7:12:34 GMT -5 Bob said:

I know several people that were laid off because "business was slow".
[shrug]

Yeah, my son was one of them. The last week before Christmas, he would call in to see if he was needed, they would tell him to come in, he'd drive all the way over there and they'd tell him to go home.

When he was hired, they told him to expect 60 hours a week mandatory from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Don't think he ever got anywhere near those kind of hours.