Five years after Amazon landed in Southeast Tennessee, the nation’s No. 1 Internet retailer has more than 4,200 full-time workers here, the company said today.
Amazon’s Chattanooga distribution center has more than 3,000 full-timers while its Charleston, Tenn., site has more than 1,200, according to the company.
Amazon started with about 700 full-time workers in Chattanooga and 300 in Charleston when it began operations in 2011.
Throughout Tennessee, Amazon has more than 7,000 full-time employees at six facilities, the company said.
In addition to the fulfillment centers in Chattanooga and Charleston, there are similar facilities in Murfreesboro and Lebanon, a sortation center in Nashville that allows for Sunday delivery, and a Prime Now facility that provides free two-hour delivery on household items.
Also, Amazon has donated more than $95,000 to the Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation to increase early childhood literacy across the state, the company said.