I’m all for mutually beneficial deals for businesses. The problem is they usually aren’t and there aren’t any stipulations in place to hold them their word. Not sure if that’s because the politicians in place just want a quick win to move up the ladder, being paid off, or just don’t give a shit
The promises of jobs is one I couldn’t possibly care less about. There’s no way to legally hold them to something like that.
Tasty-Performer6669 on
Please won’t someone think of the corporations? According to Citizens United they’re people too
Brief_Chance_7682 on
uhh this categorically incorrect- not to mention how the entire area has been transformed
VestOfHolding on
So they estimated that 10,000 jobs were created, and article says they “only” made 8,500 jobs.
Look, fuck the way data centers are being built and generally handled, but isn’t that not a bad realization of the estimate? From the tone of the article I would’ve expected half that.
g1184 on
>… a filing submitted to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership this week showed that Amazon created no jobs at its HQ2 in Arlington County last year, and thus “will not seek a state payment” under the state’s workforce grant incentives.
>Last year, reported Virginia Business, Amazon requested more than $6.4 million through the grant program for adding just under 293 jobs in 2024.
>“The hiring slowdown follows earlier signs that Amazon’s HQ2 buildout has fallen short of initial expectations,” Virginia Business explained. “The company originally projected it would create 10,000 jobs by 2024, but hiring totals fell well short of that mark. The company currently has nearly 8,500 employees who work out of HQ2.”
0 jobs created in ’25
293 jobs created in ’24
8,500 employees total, unclear how many new-hires from Virginia
sanisan_x on
As an Australian – you guys need to overthrow the government and just stick her in charge.
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I’m all for mutually beneficial deals for businesses. The problem is they usually aren’t and there aren’t any stipulations in place to hold them their word. Not sure if that’s because the politicians in place just want a quick win to move up the ladder, being paid off, or just don’t give a shit
The promises of jobs is one I couldn’t possibly care less about. There’s no way to legally hold them to something like that.
Please won’t someone think of the corporations? According to Citizens United they’re people too
uhh this categorically incorrect- not to mention how the entire area has been transformed
So they estimated that 10,000 jobs were created, and article says they “only” made 8,500 jobs.
Look, fuck the way data centers are being built and generally handled, but isn’t that not a bad realization of the estimate? From the tone of the article I would’ve expected half that.
>… a filing submitted to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership this week showed that Amazon created no jobs at its HQ2 in Arlington County last year, and thus “will not seek a state payment” under the state’s workforce grant incentives.
>Last year, reported Virginia Business, Amazon requested more than $6.4 million through the grant program for adding just under 293 jobs in 2024.
>“The hiring slowdown follows earlier signs that Amazon’s HQ2 buildout has fallen short of initial expectations,” Virginia Business explained. “The company originally projected it would create 10,000 jobs by 2024, but hiring totals fell well short of that mark. The company currently has nearly 8,500 employees who work out of HQ2.”
0 jobs created in ’25
293 jobs created in ’24
8,500 employees total, unclear how many new-hires from Virginia
As an Australian – you guys need to overthrow the government and just stick her in charge.