In 2018, Virginia agreed to provide Amazon with up to $750 million in subsidies for the construction of a second headquarters in Northern Virginia, with the expectation of significant job creation. Amazon had committed to adding over 2,500 new jobs at its Arlington HQ in 2023. However, instead of job additions, Amazon's Arlington headquarters experienced a reduction, losing over 200 jobs last year. The current employee count at HQ2 stands at approximately 8,000, with plans to eventually expand to about 25,000.
Amazon’s deal with Virginia had it adding more than 2,500 new employees at its new Arlington headquarters in 2023. But it lost more than 200 positions there last year. https://t.co/0aBqgvLkBt
"Amazon HQ2 was supposed to add jobs last year. It shed them instead." https://t.co/Aqp1ihUzhG "In exchange for as much as $750M in taxpayer subsidies from Virginia, it agreed to build a massive new campus near the Pentagon and fill it with tens of thousands of new employees"
Amazon confirms that HQ2 in Arlington lost 200 jobs in 2023, missing Amazon's goal of adding 2,500 jobs; HQ2 has ~8,000 employees and plans to reach ~25,000 (@teoarmus / Washington Post) https://t.co/Eci7YH0w2x 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/z08v4Q3wtE
A coda to the Amazon HQ2 saga: "Amazon has fallen so far behind schedule in creating new jobs at its Northern VA headquarters that its workforce at those offices shrank last year..."" https://t.co/kAQb9ESJwl
Amazon has fallen so far behind schedule in creating new jobs at its Arlington headquarters that its workforce at those offices shrank last year, underscoring how a project that it had initially pitched as an economic jolt is instead hitting a slowdown. https://t.co/PqeqThVONR
In 2018, Virginia agreed to give Amazon as much as $750 million in subsidies to build a second HQ in northern VA. At the time they promised to add more than 2,600 new jobs in 2023. Amazon reportedly slashed more than 200 jobs at the facility last year. https://t.co/ItIueVjSz2