CHICAGO | Economic & Business Development

[Handro]

but no plans to re-open search, so Chicago is still out? wth, was the plan all along for a single city with a smaller footprint than they originally claimed?

[the urban politician]

Meh, means little for Chicago.

Amazon, when all is said and done, thinks nothing of Chicago. Other than those stupid distribution centers, they don't value Chicago's professional workforce. We all know they can get the exact same results at half the price of their "beloved" east coast if they hired in Chicago, but they are too steeped in the Kool Aid.

[The Lurker]

Originally Posted by SteelMonkey

Appears Amazon has officially bailed on NYC

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/amaz...s-reports.html

That doesn't mean anything for Chicago.

Amazon quote from the article:

"We do not intend to re-open the HQ2 search at this time. We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville"

[marothisu]

Amazon says it will hire more at all of its corporate locations. So I am pretty sure they will hire in Chicago. Logically, if they spread those 25k jobs and beef up in regional centers that would mean that Chicago gets a bit more hires. Is it 25,000? No, but it could mean 1000 or more, maybe.

From their official statement:

We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville, and we will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. and Canada.

[moorhosj]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Amazon says it will hire more at all of its corporate locations. So I am pretty sure they will hire in Chicago. Logically, if they spread those 25k jobs and beef up in regional centers that would mean that Chicago gets a bit more hires. Is it 25,000? No, but it could mean 1000 or more, maybe.

From their official statement:

I know for a fact that they are already building out their AWS team in Chicago.

[emathias]

Originally Posted by moorhosj

I know for a fact that they are already building out their AWS team in Chicago.

Do you know at what scale?

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by The Lurker

That doesn't mean anything for Chicago.

Amazon quote from the article:

"We do not intend to re-open the HQ2 search at this time. We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville"

Actually, it absolutely does mean something for Chicago. Its really weird that you chose to not to quote the next thing in their statement:

We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville, and we will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. and Canada.

Also:

An Amazon spokesman added, “We plan to create the 25,000 jobs that were supposed to happen in NYC across our current tech hubs network in North America.” Chicago is one of 17 cities that Amazon dubs its tech hubs in North America.

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/reta...york-drop-dead

This could mean literally a few thousand more jobs for Chicago for Amazon. I'm not sure on what world this means nothing for Chicago other than you chose to omit these pieces of information.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Amazon says it will hire more at all of its corporate locations. So I am pretty sure they will hire in Chicago. Logically, if they spread those 25k jobs and beef up in regional centers that would mean that Chicago gets a bit more hires. Is it 25,000? No, but it could mean 1000 or more, maybe.

From their official statement:

According to Crains, Amazon is increasing their downtown office from 200 to 400.

They've got 5000 in Brooklyn.

Just makes no sense. Chicago needs to stop trying to appeal to them. Their executives have a "flyover" mentality of this place and it's time to embrace all of the companies that actually value Chicago for the talent and business powerhouse that it is.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

According to Crains, Amazon is increasing their downtown office from 200 to 400.

They've got 5000 in Brooklyn.

Just makes no sense. Chicago needs to stop trying to appeal to them. Their executives have a "flyover" mentality of this place and it's time to embrace all of the companies that actually value Chicago for the talent and business powerhouse that it is.

Amazon has offices in my office building in Manhattan. I have a few former coworkers who work for them now in NYC. I'm very confident they don't have 5000 corporate office workers in Brooklyn. Maybe you're talking about warehouse jobs, which isn't what this is about. We are talking about corporate office jobs, and the vast majority of these are in Manhattan. Many are in my office building. Whatever information you are getting about Brooklyn is complete and utter bullshit in the realm of corporate office jobs for Amazon. I guarantee you the vast majority are in Manhattan when talking about these types of jobs.

The spokesman for Amazon said they will be hiring those 25,000 workers across their 17 corporate hubs, and one of those is Chicago. Its moronic to assume that as of right now they will magically skip hiring a bunch of people in Chicago after that statement.

[bnk]

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/reta...york-drop-dead


February 14, 2019 10:53 AM |updated 6 minutes ago



Amazon to New York: Drop dead



“We plan to create the 25,000 jobs that were supposed to happen in NYC across our current tech hubs." Chicago is one of them.


Amazon took its ball and went home, dropping plans for a major expansion in New York City that could have included 25,000 jobs.

While it’s a blow to New York, it’s good news for Chicago and other cities.

“We do not intend to reopen the HQ2 search at this time,” the company said. “We will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. and Canada.”



An Amazon spokesman added, “We plan to create the 25,000 jobs that were supposed to happen in NYC across our current tech hubs network in North America.” Chicago is one of 17 cities that Amazon dubs its tech hubs in North America.

...

[moorhosj]

Originally Posted by emathias

Do you know at what scale?

Not from a "jobs created" aspect, but LinkedIn has 117 current opening for AWS in Chicago.

I was interested and spoke with a friend who is an AWS Account Manager in the NYC office. He told me they are starting/expanding the team in Chicago. These are almost all sales and solution architect type roles.

[Halsted & Villagio]

Originally Posted by moorhosj

Not from a "jobs created" aspect, but LinkedIn has 117 current opening for AWS in Chicago.

I was interested and spoke with a friend who is an AWS Account Manager in the NYC office. He told me they are starting/expanding the team here. These are almost all sales and solution architect type roles.

^ here meaning, "here" in New York.... or "here" in Chicago?

I believe you meant Chicago but just checking to be sure.

[IrishIllini]

Is Amazon’s Chicago office in Gurnee?

[moorhosj]

Originally Posted by Halsted & Villagio

^ here meaning, "here" in New York.... or "here" in Chicago?

I believe you meant Chicago but just checking to be sure.

Good catch, I meant Chicago (I edited the original comment to be more clear).

As a side note, I found it interesting how clear the branding delineation is between "Amazon" and "AWS". I wouldn't be surprised if they spun it out or split it up in the next few years like Google did with Alphabet.

[moorhosj]

Originally Posted by IrishIllini

Is Amazon’s Chicago office in Gurnee?

These jobs are at 227 W Monroe St.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by IrishIllini

Is Amazon’s Chicago office in Gurnee?

No, it's in the Loop and there was news of expansion in the last year or so. Why would they have a corporate tech center located in Gurnee of all places? That makes no sense.

Outside of the Loop office, the only other tech hubs they have in the midwest is in Minneapolis. Outside of those, Seattle, DC, NYC, and the Bay Area, their other hubs are in Vancouver, Boston, Los Angeles, Austin, Toronto, Dallas, Portland, Phoenix, Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, and Pittsburgh.

All of these places according to the spokesperson will be expanding further in headcount than previously planned. By how much and when for each? No idea, but if I'm a betting man I'd hope at least 2000 new hires for Chicago. Interestingly, there's only 2 hubs with Amazon Media Group - NYC and Chicago. I believe it's advertising - one of my now former coworkers is about to start working for this in NYC, so I know they're hiring. Would be interesting to see how much they expand this.

[spyguy]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...214-story.html

​​​​​​​Google will expand finance team to Chicago, adding 'hundreds' of jobs

Google plans to create “hundreds” of new jobs in Chicago this year, expanding the office it already calls its Midwest headquarters.

The tech giant employs more than 1,000 people at its Chicago office, which opened as a sales outpost in 2000 and has grown to include engineers and other tech workers. The new jobs are a result of the company’s decision to expand its finance team here as well, said Rob Biederman, head of government relations and public affairs for Google in the Midwest.

[Randomguy34]

^ Was watching the Live stream and Rahm said Google is going from 1200-1400 current workers to 2500-2800 within the next year, at the 51:20 time mark. The West Loop never disappoints

Source: https://digital.cityofchicago.org/index.php/video-2/

[VKChaz]

I know for a fact that they are already building out their AWS team in Chicago.

Amazon's location/position page should be a pretty good proxy for what roles they have where and a sense of scale

https://www.amazon.jobs/en/locations..._america&cache

[marothisu]

Great news regarding Google hiring a good number of people in Chicago and also Chicago being selected as a hub to hire hundreds of Finance professionals.

Originally Posted by VKChaz

Amazon's location/position page should be a pretty good proxy for what roles they have where and a sense of scale

https://www.amazon.jobs/en/locations..._america&cache

Interesting little spread of jobs available. A bit of architect roles available - the solutions architect appears to work directly or almost directly with some of the higher $$$$ customers to come up with unique solutions for their business.

The whole blurb on Chicago on that page makes me believe that Amazon knows Chicago is kind of up and coming in this industry currently. They mention Chicago as a "burgeoning tech scene" but for Minneapolis they tout the affordability and the like. For Dallas it's about things like how many corporate HQ are near by. Boston is about the education, medical, etc in the area, etc. Irvine, CA (near Los Angeles) is about the weather.