Amazon trims field to 20

Minimum wage in Ontario just went up to $14, going up again to $15 next year. I hope that's not a factor, and the Canadian dollar might offset that, but I can see that it might be. Also don't know how Trump's bloviating about NAFTA might affect things. If I were Amazon, I probably wouldn't chance it.

 

Amazon has its Audible division in Newark, because the city's telecom infrastructure was designed to be a key US comms hub.

 

I wouldn't think that would be a factor in this decision. These are going to be white collar employees.

Obviously, there will be janitors and cafeteria workers -- who will work for a third party -- making lower wages, but I'd still imagine this would be a lesser concern.

 

That’s why the idea of helping Gary was strange to me. The hypothetical workers weren’t going to be from Gary.

 

I'm guessing DC area, given Loudoun County is where Amazon's server farm is located. AWS is the money maker for Amazon, not selling stuff to consumers.

 

Sorry, I thought this would include some giant shipping warehouse. 50,000 white-collar employees? Why on earth would they need that many?

Proviso: I don't understand anything about anything.

 

A great reason to keep my resume updated!

 

The Problem With Courting Amazon

 

Unless they're offering to fund a metro-area wide mass transit system, and agree not to relocate here until that's complete, please, please, please do not let it be Atlanta.

 

Newark Airport is a good reason not to go there.

 

I fly out of Newark all of the time, especially United. I hate what they have done with bringing all of the food and drink under a single ownership in Terminal C, but the airport is pretty decent.

The city of Newark is still such a political mess that Amazon may not want to get involved.