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Without knowing the specifics, I would assume two things. Once the factory is working, it will employ local people - either people who already lived there or pe
by tpm 1y ago
Without knowing the specifics, I would assume two things. Once the factory is working, it will employ local people - either people who already lived there or people who came to the town to work in the factory. It will also support an ecosystem of suppliers, some of whom will build their factories nearby.
The second thing is that usually businesses pay some sort of local tax that supports the town infrastructure, is that not the case there?
- 9x39 1y agoIt sure could be, it could also turn into an Amazon-Tijuana situation at the negative extreme (https://youtu.be/HFlsW9yulH0?si=n-FKLqVOEWWmDOpa https://youtu.be/HFlsW9yulH0?si=n-FKLqVOEWWmDOpa) In the pov of locals excluded (or let’s say not hired) from the factory, they have less chance of access to a wage and skill development than those on the inside. It’s possible we didn’t get it built so they just didn’t reach the step where they do a hiring event. It’s also possible they were never going to hire locals, and parts and labor were shipped in with no intent to use the area for anything but a footprint and utilities. We see what we want to see in these things, and you’re right, it could have had some positives eventually.
- tpm 1y ago> It’s also possible they were never going to hire locals I find that very unlikely. In Slovakia we have a lot of Korean factories (Kia, Samsung etc) and while the management is Korean, they always hire local workers if available, otherwise agencies hire who's available - in our case workers from Serbia, Ukraine and Central Asia (that's not an unique situation, there is a general shortage of relatively-low-wage workers in the EU so people from outside are brought in to work here full time).