D.C.-area IT companies face the very real threat of losing their top performers to Amazon as it ramps up hiring at its new HQ2 in Arlington County and Alexandria, Virginia.
Amazon has already filled 1,600 jobs and currently has 2,000 more jobs to fill, on its way to a promised 25,000 local jobs eventually associated with its second headquarters.
Amazon has promised those jobs will be high-paying ones, and local companies face the challenge of trying to match what Amazon is offering. It’s not necessarily that many local IT companies can’t match Amazon on salary — Amazon pays well, but not that well by local IT industry standards.
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