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The slight problem is that if top talent wants to live in Houston, there are fewer options of interesting companies to work for than on East/West coast. It's a
by gregw2 8y ago
The slight problem is that if top talent wants to live in Houston, there are fewer options of interesting companies to work for than on East/West coast. It's a symbiotic thing, not wholly controlled by top talent's desires.
- dunpeal 8y agoIt's a simple quantitative question: How many candidates are already in or willing to relocate to NYC versus Houston. That's all Amazon really cares about: the absolute numbers. They're looking to hire tens of thousands of engineers and that's pretty much the only reason they're going through with this huge investment in new campuses. Regardless of my personal preference, I think it's pretty obvious that the numbers work in NYC's favor.