Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities
by ProfessorLayton on Monday November 05, 2018 @02:57PM
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I'm extremely curious what the cities who were working closely with Amazon think of this development, as now it seems that they'll be getting half the jobs for their concessions. Additionally, the reason cited for splitting their new HQ is the lack of enough tech talent, which means that their concessions may have been for naught if they didn't have enough talent for Amazon in the first place.
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities
by Finnucane on Monday November 05, 2018 @03:36PM
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How often do these kind of deals really work out well for the cities involved? Often them seem like Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football.
Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities
by zjaffee on Monday November 05, 2018 @05:20PM
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A lot of the economic development policies passed in the name of HQ2 offered incentives in the form of stating, if you bring x number of jobs to y location, you get z tax break (where it wouldn't just apply to amazon).
Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities
by sct202 on Monday November 05, 2018 @03:33PM
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Some of the cities had incentives that were at least partially linked to headcount; like there are rumors that Chicago/Illinois proposals would route Amazon HQ2 employees state income tax into the incentive fund.