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congrats to the future fulfilment employees forced to wear pee trackers
this is either a groundwork for hq2 or a consolation prize
Since society wants to have their purchases instantaneously, I figure there will eventually be an Amazon fulfillment warehouse every few miles all across the entire US.
Maybe this isn't the right thread among the many Amazon threads, but I saw a post in the “This house is over-priced, right?” where there was a post by ….borat that has a link to an article which made me wonder if, just if, HQ2, wherever it goes, at some point might just become HQ1.
"...high prices and fast-selling homes are causing some buyer hesitation which is reflected in fewer home sales."
"...here was concern earlier this year that a local "head tax" on employers would cause a hiring slowdown..."
"...The e-commerce giant......did report its first decline in its number of employees since 2009..."
Definitely clickbait. They use the word finishing as if they saw Amazon's scorecard, which they haven't. How do they know who is finishing strong? I have a feeling there will be a lot of journalists eating crow when the final list comes out.
So, it's been awhile since there has been any news, other than Bezos saying that they will decide by the end of the year.
However, there is an interesting tidbit. Apparently, Amazon may split into two companies - Retail and Cloud Computing/Web Services. That's interesting, because it would lead one to believe that the second HQ could likely house of these two entities.
So, it's been awhile since there has been any news, other than Bezos saying that they will decide by the end of the year.
However, there is an interesting tidbit. Apparently, Amazon may split into two companies - Retail and Cloud Computing/Web Services. That's interesting, because it would lead one to believe that the second HQ could likely house of these two entities.
If that's the case, then NoVa is a lock. But then, that's Loudoun County Virginia vanilla suburbia and God help those socialite millennials who crave urban social living and amenities.
AWS has a heavy and growing presence in that area. ANd then the whole exercise would has been one long con because the retail side would naturally be in Seattle where the retail side started.
Who knows. Raleigh just lost the US Army HQ to Austin. Probably will lose Amazon HQ as well, I think the only thing really in the running for this area is the new Apple campus. It's up to the techno-sapiens here in the Triangle to start new, innovative companies that will dominate and crush these others and become the future. Not rely on the 'Will of Giants' so to speak.
Between UNC, Duke, RTP, and even NC State there are brilliant, innovative minds here who have the opportunity to start something different. I'm looking at Blockchain options myself. If you want Raleigh on the map in the next decade you need to start the next Ripple, Netflix, etc...
That isn’t how RTP grew. It was IBM moving here, Nortel etc. This area was known for being an educated yet low cost center for existing companies to build secondary presences. Not many large companies were founded here or even headquartered here in RTP. Red Hat ..... then ???
That isn’t how RTP grew. It was IBM moving here, Nortel etc. This area was known for being an educated yet low cost center for existing companies to build secondary presences. Not many large companies were founded here or even headquartered here in RTP. Red Hat ..... then ???
Poster didn't say that WAS how RTP grew. Anyway, RTP got started 60+ years ago...things change. What worked then might not work now.
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Anyway, RTP got started 60+ years ago...things change. What worked then might not work now.
