lol they just opened it in 2005


link
http://www.wral.com/business/story/6156112/

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 11:24 PM. Reason : ]

10/7/2009 10:58:17 PM

Winston-Salem plant pwnt. Stay home. Collect unemployment.

10/7/2009 10:59:36 PM

That's hilarious(ly sad)

Media around here masturbated for months when Dell announced the plant

10/7/2009 10:59:58 PM

Quote :

"That's hilarious(ly sad)"

10/7/2009 11:00:37 PM

Media masturbation

10/7/2009 11:08:49 PM

10/7/2009 11:09:20 PM

Monthly media masturbation.

10/7/2009 11:09:35 PM

damn, seriously?

10/7/2009 11:16:22 PM

god, i fucking remember when everyone was whining about them getting all these tax breaks, and the WS peeps were all like "it'll bring the jobs" and all that...

that shit only lasted 4 years... wow

10/7/2009 11:27:59 PM

10/7/2009 11:29:32 PM

So glad I'm jumping off of this sinking ship of a state and heading back to NOVA soon...

10/7/2009 11:30:03 PM

That sucks...a friend of my parents' works for one of their suppliers. Guess he'll be out of work soon.

10/8/2009 8:30:22 AM

That sucks

I know a lot of companies are "consolidating" offices/plants. Boo to that.

10/8/2009 8:31:32 AM

Yea sucks we gave them damn near a quarter billion dollar in tax breaks for creating 1500 jobs for the next 20 years, and instead they had 905 people losing their jobs within 4 years. FTMFL!

10/8/2009 10:16:07 AM

So no more NC sales tax from dell.com? Sweet.

10/8/2009 10:21:51 AM

As long as there is a dell kiosk in a mall in NC, the sales tax will be there.

10/8/2009 10:41:48 AM

Quote :

"Many of the incentives were linked to employment and investment targets over time, and it was unclear Wednesday exactly how much money the company actually received from state and local sources."

I don't think they got the full 250 million, but seeing the word "unclear" makes me think that Dell made off like bandits in the deal.

10/8/2009 10:58:39 AM

lmao I know a dude from college who works there, texted him making fun, just got a text back like "dude this isn't something you joke about" hahaha

10/8/2009 11:00:30 AM

^^Some of it was payroll tax deductions that would be on an annual basis for 20 years. So I'm not mad about that. But they got a lot of grants from the Golden Leaf Foundation and other groups to get this thing off the ground. These grants and agreements were made with a set timeframe and job number. Since neither were met, then these deals should be repaid, or at least to a percentage of jobs and years that weren't fulfilled.

10/8/2009 11:04:07 AM

^^were you like "Dude, you're gettin laid off!"

10/8/2009 11:06:12 AM

nah that woulda been good tho

i just said "Hey Waterboy....you're FIIIIIIRRRREEEED" lol

10/8/2009 11:08:24 AM