Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
by ramzyo on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:14PM
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From the linked page
>>We are looking for a location with strong local and regional talent—particularly in software development and related fields
Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
by philsnow on Thursday January 18, 2018 @06:42PM
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I think there's a continuity of business aspect. When you're among the most valuable public companies in the world, losing your one and only headquarters to a natural disaster might not kill the company, but it would be pretty catastrophic. As such, they're probably going to try to build up a pretty comparable workforce in HQ2.
Amazon recently released Amazon Chime, a videoconferencing system. Maybe this was prioritized so that they'll have a homegrown thing when it comes time for a lot of your meetings to be with remote participants.
Amazon already has a strong and diverse tech force, in fact, they have so many tech workers that it has affected Seattle's housing crises.
I highly doubt HQ2 will have that many tech workers. If anything, Amazon wants to pay less for non-tech workers because they can't write off those salaries, which implies that the location for HQ2 should be favorable for non-tech roles.