Where Will Amazon’s 25,000 Lost Jobs Go?

Sandy Paul

ARLINGTON, VA—When Amazon unceremoniously pulled its headquarters investment from Long Island City yesterday, questions naturally turned to what it could mean for Arlington, the second location for its duel headquarters. ‘It must mean good things, right?’, or so the local thinking went. After all, Amazon just pulled the plug on about 25,000 high-paying jobs and they have to be filled somewhere. Isn’t Arlington the natural answer?

The answer, unfortunately for the area, is that it won’t be getting those jobs, at least in the short run. Local officials noted, with some disappointment, that Amazon has indicated it won’t be increasing the scope of the Arlington operations. It also indicated that it won’t reopen its headquarters search.