Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America
by dpeterson on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:09AM
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I think it's possible Amazon is not so much shopping for a second HQ as it is looking to move work from the high rent, pro union Seattle area. Only, they saw how much negative press Boeing received after making their true intentions known for moving work to southern states. Amazon is being sneakier. If all works out, long term I imagine much of their high end development work may move from Seattle.
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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America
by Eridrus on Thursday September 07, 2017 @11:14AM
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I don't think they would gain much negative press if they said they were moving jobs out of Seattle. The people who care about union jobs generally see software engineers as gentrifiers and would prefer that they left and stopped driving rent up.
Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America
by rb808 on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:36AM
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From memory the reason Amazon was based in Seattle was that it was close to book publisher warehouses, that is no longer a good reason to remain there.
Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America
by fpo on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:28PM
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Also the initial business plan of Amazon was in large part trying to benefit from not having to pay sales tax on out of state shipments.