New Amazon facility in Charlotte will hire 1,500 to work with robots

Amazon's first robotics fulfillment center in North Carolina is open for business. Hundreds of employees started work Sept. 2 at the Charlotte facility, which will ship smaller customer orders including books, electronics, household items and toys, according to an Amazon statement. Robots at fulfillment centers can lift heavy items or transport products, Amazon wrote in a blog post. The online retail company plans to have 1,500 full-time employees at the facility near Charlotte Douglas International Airport by the holiday shopping season. The company is still hiring.