Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Amazon also has mastered the art of getting cities to bend over backwards for them, offering tax breaks and land because Amazon wants to bring X number of jobs that pay over $100K/year to the city. Well, now these offices are vacant and the high paid workers are not even in the city like Amazon promised. The cities that helped Amazon foot the bill for their offices are not super happy and want either the results they promised or for Amazon to pay back what the city had invested.


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: