So Where Do You Think Telsa is Going to Build His New Auto Plant? (/w Poll)

[QuintessentialBM]

For those who don't know, Telsa Corp has named the finalists in the running to receive the new Telsa automotive plant. The two cities named are: Tulsa & Austin.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.us...a-as-finalists-for-new-us-factory?context=amp

This has big implications for my state (Oklahoma) because, although it's one of the hottest states for business (dirt cheap taxes, space to build), Oklahoma has had a hard time, not only attracting educated talent, but also keeping home-grown talent. The hiring pool will consist of OU and OSU grads (OSU is the superior engineering school, but the gap is closing).

Semi-related... Oklahoma needs this bad because Dillards is leaving my city (not Tulsa) and JC Penny's is filling bankruptcy, so that's gone too! This is a bad look if you're trying to attract businesses and people to your state.... and you don't even have a Dillards!!!!

The only positive is that Goodyear's flagship plant is in Lawton/Ft. Sill (3 hours away) where they build any and all (standard & prototype) tires they put on Telsa cars.

As much as I hate Austin, it's superior to any city in Oklahoma (even with OKC having a NBA team). Plus, Telsa will get to hire from the UT-Austin talent pool.

For this reason I think Telsa will end up in Austin. Tell me what you think though....

 

[the cac mamba]

im gonna go out on a limb and say, not oklahoma

 

[QuintessentialBM]

im gonna go out on a limb and say, not oklahoma

Stranger things have happened, but I agree with you on this one.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I'm surprised you put such an emphasis on the local engineering school. Engineers have been going to wherever the jobs are for decades. I doubt a company like Tesla cares too much whether UT-Austin is there or not, they're going to get their talent from wherever they get it.

They stuck their gigafactory in the absolute middle of nowhere in northern Nevada.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Oklahoma

Talent will go anywhere for $

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Depends on what type of jobs he's trying to relocate. He can move the blue collar jobs to anywhere he wants to and not be worried about attracting the talent pool.

The engineering jobs on the other hand? Well his problem is 2 fold. Electrical ,computer, and software engineers tend to lean left and may be opposed to living in a non progressive area

Secondly, Elon is known to be a highly volatile boss who isn't above firing employees on a whim. Adding on to that, the turnover rate at Tesla is actually kinda high. Thankfully working at Tesla is a hell of a badge to have on ones engineering resume so they'll be able to find a job with comparable compensation in silicon valley.

Knowing that Tesla is not a company that you can retire at, would you be willing to move to Austin or Tulsa as an electrical/software engineer? Those types of engineers can make $200k+ on the west coast and east coast, do they pay the same way in Austin and Tulsa?

 

[Serious]

Stranger things have happened, but I agree with you on this one.

This is biased as fukk and you know it.

Even @kdslittlebro wouldn't make this statement.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Having been born in OKC I can’t help but to root for Oklahoma on this one. I think it’d also go a long way in diversifying their State industry since from what I can tell they depend on the energy industry a bit too much. Good luck Tulsa.

 

[Strapped]

Mississippi

 

[yseJ]

Austin is too hip to not get this, imo.

 

[Json]

Neither

Well they probably want some kind of port city to do international shipping so North Carolina

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Tesla... “his”

 

[Hood Critic]

Tesla... “his”

The answer is Austin.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Depends on what type of jobs he's trying to relocate. He can move the blue collar jobs to anywhere he wants to and not be worried about attracting the talent pool.

The engineering jobs on the other hand? Well his problem is 2 fold. Electrical ,computer, and software engineers tend to lean left and may be opposed to living in a non progressive area

Secondly, Elon is known to be a highly volatile boss who isn't above firing employees on a whim. Adding on to that, the turnover rate at Tesla is actually kinda high. Thankfully working at Tesla is a hell of a badge to have on ones engineering resume so they'll be able to find a job with comparable compensation in silicon valley.

Knowing that Tesla is not a company that you can retire at, would you be willing to move to Austin or Tulsa as an electrical/software engineer? Those types of engineers can make $200k+ on the west coast and east coast, do they pay the same way in Austin and Tulsa?

First off, most engineers are apolitical. They care about the same livability shyt everyone else cares about long before they gonna worry about whether an area is "progressive" or not.

Second, especially when the economy ain't great people will take whatever job. In my day I watched nearly every damn ultra-progressive 22yo grad hook up with the defense industry in the middle of the Iraq War. It's sad and it shouldn't be that way but 90% of employees will chase that paycheck regardless of the ethical obligations.

Third, unless you 40+ ain't many people thinking about "retiring" with a company anymore. Young folk don't expect to be in any one place that long.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

austin but i hope im wrong