| > you can't blankly hate everything Trump does Watch me. ;) > In a call with reporters on Thursday Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said his boss was happy to play a part in Amazon’s decision Did he actually though? > You have a good company hiring people in an area where a lot of tech companies tend to be outsourcing people,” he said. “So it’s very positive, political or not. It’s still 100,000 more people in the U. Amazon wasn't one of the companies outsourcing people. They have been hiring engineers by the boatload for years. I'd guess the large majority of these jobs aren't going to be tech jobs anyway. > Over the past five years, Amazon says it has created more than 150,000 jobs in the U.S. So they are just over doubling the hiring rate? about 30k/year before to about 70k now? > After Trump’s victory, Bezos tweeted: “I for one give him my most open mind.” Good lesson from a smart guy. |