Odds are you'll be able to get talented foreigners to a location in Toronto more easily than you can one in the USA for the next few years.
God no. That airport is the literal definition of hell on earth. Only airport where I have heard the captain state "I have good and bad news, good news is we are in line and have a spot for takeoff, bad news is we are number 27 for takeoff."
Head over to A. It's all renovated. C terminal is a third world country compared to A and D. They are slowly renovating the entire airport. A was just finished. B and C are next.
They can hire all of the P&G folks that are about to get laid off. Both of their shitty cultures would mix well
i had a friend who was offered a job at whatever operation Amazon has in Lexington. he was quickly talked out of it by people familiar with amazon. it sucks that they aren't a better company for their employees, particularly the ones at the bottom.
Yeah, that's a warehouse/fulfillment center. Not really going to recruit the brain trust to one of those places. They'll just meat grind through the less skilled labor.
This is a poor opinion. Why? Just distance? Re: public transp, the only rail station is from airport to the city, and is really easy, but that's the extent of it. The busses are OK. I take them to/from work, posting on one right now. Even if I go to Pike Place/downtown on weekends I take the bus, but mainly because parking is a nightmare.
I'm not saying people don't move to go work at Amazon, I'm saying that probably the majority of their employees in Seattle are from the Pacific Northwest.
There is no media source outside of Cincinnati speculating about Cincinnati, and none of us would be speculating either, except for the fact that Amazon chose Cincinnati to invest over 1.4 billion to make Cincinnati its global logistics air hub. Amazon is trying to reduce its dependence on UPS and FedEx. They are opening a 2 million square foot facility at CVG and taking over two of the three terminals at CVG to house the global air fleet they intend to build. If Amazon is looking at grocery retail as its primary growth business over the next 10-20 years, the largest grocer in the United States is Kroger and is headquartered here. Every consumer product company whose products Amazon intends to sell already has a significant sales office here to serve Kroger. Otherwise, this is a hub for consumer marketing companies with Proctor & Gamble and Scripps Media both headquartered here. It's not a tech hub, with the exception of GE Aviation based here. If that is the critical factor, then no chance. If logistics and marketing are driving the decision, then we look at why Amazon already chose Cincinnati for its global air hub.
not sure if serious but can't see this happening for the small population size and transit shortcomings
Yea the transit is the main issue. Raleigh metro has over a million, Wake county has 2. I realize that isn't much compared to other cities in the running tho. Raleigh's main argument is the universities in proximity and RTP, along with cheap land. Boston/Cambridge is my guess in the end.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/11/technology/amazon-cities/index.html https://www.bloomberg.com/view/arti...s-could-accommodate-amazon-s-new-headquarters https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-...ties-are-well-positioned-to-land-amazons-hq2/
A wild Detroit appears. I hadn't really seen it mentioned at all previously. Detroit is seeing insane growth right now, and could give Amazon all the real estate it could ever ask for (in terms of pure area), but the public transit system is basically non-existent.
Gary, Indiana throws name in hat for coveted Amazon HQ2 https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/9/21/16346132/gary-indiana-amazon-hq2-headquarters
Texas republican leadership moved substantially away from tax incentives to lure business after Rick Perry got replaced by the tea party cucks. That'll be a tough one to navigate.
There's been speculation that the courtship from the state's part has been going on for so long that they tailored the parameters to austin. I think that's hyperbole, but the point is Abbott is swinging for the fences here and it wouldn't be crazy if a hefty incentive package has already been negotiated.
That's what we were told by the San Antonio federal bank manager who covers Austin during a conversation about construction labor availability and real estate prices in the austin market. He was basically saying Austin has a great chance and they had already started to model those implications which are obviously very positive.
I won’t have to move so realistically I’m fine with anywhere. Internally a lot of people are hoping for Austin or to continue to grow in the NY area.