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I'm extremely curious what the cities who were working closely with Amazon think of this development, as now it seems that they'll be getting half the jobs for
by ProfessorLayton 8y ago
I'm extremely curious what the cities who were working closely with Amazon think of this development, as now it seems that they'll be getting half the jobs for their concessions. Additionally, the reason cited for splitting their new HQ is the lack of enough tech talent, which means that their concessions may have been for naught if they didn't have enough talent for Amazon in the first place.
- sct202 8y agoSome of the cities had incentives that were at least partially linked to headcount; like there are rumors that Chicago/Illinois proposals would route Amazon HQ2 employees state income tax into the incentive fund.
- Finnucane 8y agoHow often do these kind of deals really work out well for the cities involved? Often them seem like Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football.
- jimjansen 8y agoI doubt that even spineless politicians would give up the same concessions for half the jobs and investments.
- jeffbax 8y agoSee Foxconn
- zjaffee 8y agoA lot of the economic development policies passed in the name of HQ2 offered incentives in the form of stating, if you bring x number of jobs to y location, you get z tax break (where it wouldn't just apply to amazon).