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Is it for tax purposes? I was very surprised to see major offices on Austin, Dallas, and Houston, as well as numerous VPs working in Texas. Most recently, Dave Clark moved to Dallas before getting shown the door. Can any insiders shed some light on the future of AWS in Texas? TC: $280K
AWS is investing in a lot of other places too
They are. What’s the strategy behind it?
I think they're just trying to spread their growth out across the US and reduce the risk of being reliant on one state/city council's political views. It's not that we're only expanding in conservative places (see new SoCal offices), but that Amazon will be everywhere, and harder to control.
They'll create offices wherever they can attract talent from.
Because now most of the companies tired of spoiled Bay Area engineers and Seattle is saturated
Makes sense. Amazon seems to be hiring from everywhere now. I think it’ll pay off
MSFT is investing in dallas too. Hybrid/remote has shown that you don't need all people in same office, same building. Geo distriubted teams will become more normal.
Bay Area sucks - high tax, over crowded, shit infrastructure. Seattle - is boring AF! Nobody wants to move here anymore.
So you think it’s to attract talent that otherwise wouldn’t move to Seattle? I hope this is true because I fall in that bucket. I wouldn’t move to Seattle for my Amazon TC, but I’m happy to work my ass off in Texas.
Yeah, have fun in 110F weather. Texas is so no spring chicken.
A lot of companies move to right to work states because they gain more rights as an employer. I’ve seen companies move from union states where employees followed them only to be laid off a couple of years later.
Is WA not a right to work state?
Union states or not do not matter for white collared employees who don't form unions to begin with. Almost all the states are at will employment and it doesn't matter if you're in WA or TX to fire employees who you don't wish to keep.
Because Seattle sucks! Have you lived there? It’s horrible and too expensive.
Still sucks less than Bay Area though
Briefly when I was a kid but I can tell you I’m thankful to work for Amazon in Texas lol
If Seattle and the Bay Area sucks then where do you find is ideal?
I’m not saying they do, others are.
Texas is on track to become the new cultural capital of the US. That’s why
Frugality. PayPal has been doing the same. No HC in CA.
Amazon seems to be everywhere though. I guess what’s the strategy? They seem to have the most offices of any tech company
What does HC stand for?