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As a software engineer in Boston this only confirms my feelings that we are a world leader in innovation. I'm looking forwards the the smart people that this wi
by jrlocke 11y ago
As a software engineer in Boston this only confirms my feelings that we are a world leader in innovation. I'm looking forwards the the smart people that this will bring to my great city.
- epoxyhockey 11y agoI'm looking forwards the the smart people [...] I'm not sure that a corporate headquarters is going to bring the kind of people you're assuming that it will bring into Boston. Also, perhaps this win will offset the impending EMC layoffs. It's a good way for a politician to say they are doing something about the state jobs market, even though the package being offered to GE seems very generous and costly.
- eewffwe 11y agoI imagine this will do little but raise housing rates.
- joezydeco 11y agoChicago checking in. We've had a number of corporations move their HQ to downtown and it's done nothing for the job market. Boeing has been here 15 years now.
- progressive_dad 11y agoWell have I got some sweet news for you then: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160111/BLOGS02/160119985/chicago-snares-another-corporate-hq http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160111/BLOGS02/1601...
- joezydeco 11y agoI wonder if they'll close and sell off the Barrington property. That alone will probably pay for the buildout of the downtown offices.
- HillRat 11y agoMy take is that corporate HQs are the equivalent of a major league sports team (though orders of magnitude better for the economy than another stadium). You get a relatively small number of employees and some prestige, but not a lot of secondary industry compared to what production facilities generate -- or used to, anyway. Economic development's a tough game these days; the rules have changed and no one's really sure what the new ones are.