Amazon has closed a warehouse distribution center in New Jersey until Dec. 26 after an uptick in coronavirus cases, the company said.
“Through our in-house COVID-19 testing program, we detected an increase in the number of asymptomatic positive cases at our PNE5 facility in (Robbinsville) and have proactively closed the site until December 26th out of an abundance of caution,” Amazon spokeswoman Lisa Levandowski said in a statement.
The spokeswoman did not say how many asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were detected at the Robbinsville warehouse, but said Amazon’s testing program works.
“This is exactly why we built the program — to identify asymptomatic cases and ensure that we can take swift action to prevent spread,” Levandowski said.
Levandowski said all employees at the Robbinsville warehouse will be paid for any shifts they will miss as a result of the closure.
Last spring, at least 48 employees at the Amazon fulfillment center in Edisoncontracted COVID-19, making it the largest reported outbreak of any of the company’s facilities in New Jersey at the time.
In October, Amazon disclosed that nearly 20,000 of its front-line employees contracted COVID-19 between March and September. The company has previously closed other facilities for brief periods after detecting new coronavirus cases.
Robbinsville Mayor Dave Fried said Monday such business closures should be expected until the virus can be controlled with a vaccine.
“The pandemic will continue making the rules until the vaccines are available to everyone,” Fried said in an email. “We rely not only on our front-line workers, but also those at Amazon and other distribution centers who have been packing, sorting and safely delivering us the goods we use every day. The supply chain is incredibly important, and we will continue working with all of our partners in the private sector to keep people as safe as possible.”
Credit: NJ.com
I wonder if that’s why my expected delivery went from 12-22 to 1- 10…. Not good!
Methy situation right there
I was wondering y a lot of my packages weren’t coming when they r supposed to
Canoli Cannone you have anything coming from here?
I think it all had already shipped
Krystle Nycole
Jennifer
Kristen Leah, I’m not surprised.
Interesting
Eric Borgeson
Daphne Jean Kent-Wilczynski
Pete Kupper yes, we were told Wednesday ✌️. Nothing until January there for catering ????
Explains why my one package never arrived. Oh well. Got a replacement already. Just need to cancel the old order to get my refund.
Haylee Roenisch
Vita Fillius
Samantha yeah I was reading this earlier!!! Thankfully she doesn’t work at this warehouse!!!
I hope no one’s waiting on Christmas presents!
Alexa Scott
My friend works there and they are not closed.
Jean Gathercole so does my friend yes they are, they have multiple building’s though
Don Anthony : Robbinsville has several buildings? Well my friend is at work there now.
Jean Gathercole my husband works in robbinsville Amazon as well. There is more than one robbinsville location. He said the one that is closed is a very small warehouse nearby. Only a few hundred employees unlike the one he works at has 1000s of employees
Krystle Sikora : I didn’t know that. Do they all have numbers?
Jean Gathercole yeah I didn’t know that either until today lol. Numbers?
Krystle Sikora : yeah. I got my friend all scared.
Jean Gathercole well I know my husband says they offer COVID tests at the warehouse if you want to get it done so maybe people were taking them and coming back positive and I know they also go back and look at cameras to see who they’ve been in contact with and have them stay home as well if they were in contact with them. My husband is a manager at the warehouse There are COVID cases everywhere but they are trying to be as proactive as possible and trying to keep everyone distant from one another
She makes great $ there. Did 20 hours of OT last week,
Krystle Sikora : like a Letter and number for each building I think.
Jean Gathercole oh yes they all have numbers and letters attached to each building so they know what each warehouse they are talking about like he works for EWR4 which is probably where your friend is as well.
Ewr4 is the fulfilment center in Robbinsville. Pne5 is the sorting center in Robbinsville. Pne5 is what closed. It’s very small in comparison to ewr4.
Mike Saliski : gotcha
Oh shit
Close down, halt shipping, go home … because you feel fine. If we didn’t test you, you wouldn’t know you were deathly ill. ????♀️????♀️????♀️????♀️
I guess I’m not gonna be ordering anything for a while from Amazon
Michael Anthony Santucci there are mult warehouses there
Carol Illiano
Michelle
Glad I got my last package in today
Lmao everyone probably used all their PTO. Or else their butts would have stayed home. Or call their HR department for paid leave. For 2 weeks due to being sick. There are ways around everything at AMAZON. just gotta know who to talk to.
Oh boy….that’s sad
This was a sort center, not a distribution center. Media strikes again with giving wrong information to the public.
Whitney Lettman this is so wrong in many ways with the media because my daughter works there and she said it is coming because so many are sick?..the news saying they are closed and yet still open?…something not right in amazonville
Robin – I work for Amazon also. Believe me, I’m aware of the wrong. ????
Nick Castagno
Torie Rastelli ????????
Keith Jones you seeing this news Orlando Vidal
Nina Wilson Erin Morgan
Heather Thomson guess who works here
Emily Brennan I’m surprised he’s lasted this long.
Heather Thomson and just asked to see him Christmas Eve……
Emily Brennan I meant at the job
Heather Thomson no I know! Lol I’m just saying they are closed due to cases and yet he still wants to come by…he’s also been out for 2 “injuries” so he’s just milking this job
Ohh yea fuck that
Your package not coming before xmas
Jenny lee