Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You

Re:Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You by bryanlarsen on Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:53PM (#15210316)

Philly was dropped by the "job growth is strong" rule, which is also drops many other cities which would otherwise be fully qualified. So the question really is why would Amazon have that rule and how willing are they to bend in it.

Why would Amazon want that rule? Wouldn't it just mean there's more competition for employees? It strikes me as the type of rule put in to ensure their secret favorite gets chosen.

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Re:Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You by ActsJuvenile on Sunday September 10, 2017 @02:06AM (#15210946)

NYT team seems to have misinterpreted Amazon's "Stable business climate for growth" requirement.

I interpret that more as a political requirement, where city and state governments are strongly pro-business (anti-union?).

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Re:Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You by BooneJS on Sunday September 10, 2017 @11:18AM (#15212544)

The current political climate sees a bimodal distribution: * assume the absolute worst in corporations at all times, even if workers benefit * assume that corporations will always do what's right, even if it hurts workers

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Re:Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You by lukeschlather on Sunday September 10, 2017 @09:57AM (#15212227)

Amazon is hiring at a pretty good clip, to the point that they really do have trouble finding enough qualified applicants to fill their interviews.

Amazon would rather pay a higher salary for someone with experience than train someone.

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Re:Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You by sevenfive on Sunday September 10, 2017 @06:19AM (#15211584)

Yeah, I balked when they made the first cut with such a criterion, that doesn't make sense and probably isn't what Amazon intended.

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Re:Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You by delinka on Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:57PM (#15210328)

“More competition for employees” translates into higher costs.

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Re:Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You by dasil003 on Sunday September 10, 2017 @01:06AM (#15210750)

Are you purposefully reiterating the GP's point? Because that's exactly why he's questioning it.

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Re:Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You by delinka on Sunday September 10, 2017 @08:58AM (#15212037)

I misinterpreted the comment as asking why Amazon would drop cities with strong job growth.

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