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I think it's hilarious that you think Seattle is some backwater tech nowhere with only 2 companies.
by seattle_spring 9y ago
I think it's hilarious that you think Seattle is some backwater tech nowhere with only 2 companies.
- trhway 9y agoor putting it in numbers : 530K vs. 130K (with 40K being employed at AMZN/Seattle and 40K at MS/Seattle) - "Information" at https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca.htm https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca.htm https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/washington.htm#eag https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/washington.htm#eag as i said, the next best. Compare the scenarios: - a 10%, 4K layoff from AMZN would present a high, by tech standards, unemployment situation of 4% (4K / 90K of the rest of tech capacity in WA with almost half of it - 40K - being just one employer - MS). So it would be very hard to choose and pick and negotiate on a new position, if any. - a 10%, 4K (judging by various sources, 4K is probably a bit more than 10% of Google employees in CA) layoff from Google would just result in a hiring frenzy by the rest of the 500K industry trying to fill the positions.
- taurath 9y agoWe have a 4% unemployment rate locally and there are signs everywhere for all sorts of jobs - its pretty damn good. Most common complaint of any company in Seattle is they can't find enough people to hire. Even a 4k layoff would easily get absorbed (though at different rates, and many would probably get worse pay, since AMZN is at the top of the pay scale here).
- seattle_spring 9y agoAmazon's only at the top due to stock appreciation. Lyft, Airbnb, Google, Facebook, and Uber (all of which have offices of varying sizes in the Seattle area) pay better than Amazon.