Only one worker is needed to pack a truck since an automated conveyor belt carries the full boxes inside the truck for shipping at the Skechers warehouse on Nov. 28, 2016 in Moreno Valley, Calif. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
When Skechers started building a colossal distribution center in Moreno Valley, California, six years ago, backers promised a wave of new jobs.
Instead, by the time the company moved into the new warehouse, it had closed five facilities in Ontario, California, that employed 1,200 people and cut its workforce by more than half.
