Hillsboro Jobs: Amazon Opening Facility and Hiring 1,000

Live in Hillsboro? Near Hillsboro? Need a job? Amazon may be the answer. The Seattle-based company is hiring about 1,000 people - full-time and part-time to work in a new sorting center.

Amazon will be opening a 303,000-square foot warehouse in the Majestic Brookwood Business Park as part of their expansion efforts.

The warehouse will act as a distribution center where packages will arrive, be sorted by zip code and then sent to customers.

The company has posted a help-wanted ad on their website:

"Sort it. Wrap it. Ship it. Own it. Sounds a little like a game, but it’s Amazon’s game – that is if you’re in one of our high-speed, high-tech sortation centers. Ready to play, join the team today! Amazon is looking for Part-Time Associates to join the team at our sortation center in PDX5."

The jobs pay $12.50 per hour.

But, as they say, that's not all - at least according to Amazon.

"Let’s sweeten the deal…

Weekly pay schedule

Holiday overtime pay

Basic Life, AD&D insurance after 30 days

On-the-job training and skill development

Employee Assistance Program."

The news was first reported by The Portland Business Journal.

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