On Thursday, Mother Jones collected three jarring snapshots of Silicon Valley’s much-discussed (but largely under-studied) disparities between individuals of different genders and races.
A broad swath of countries around the world are seizing on the continued absence of entrepreneur-friendly U.S. immigration reform to sell startups on setting up shop abroad.
Company: AppleCA Net Job Gain/Loss: 9200Reason: ExpandCity/Region Gaining Jobs: Cupertino, CANotes: Construction jobs for new HQ over 3 years
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Company: San Jose Mercury NewsCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -118Reason: LayoffCity/Region Losing Jobs: San Jose, CA
Women in California hold just 30 percent of green jobs statewide, making the Golden State’s industry gender gap No. 13 nationwide, according to a new report. The Washington-based nonprofit Institute for Women’s Policy Research released the first-of-its-kind national report earlier this week, which ranked Washington D.C. as the nation’s best state for women in green jobs and Maine as the worst.
Company: BoxCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -330Reason: Invest Elsewhere, Out of CountryCity/Region Losing Jobs: Los Altos, CACity/Region Gaining Jobs: Japan, Germany, France, The Neterlands, Brazil, Australia
Company: GlobalFoundriesCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -1000Reason: Invest Elsewhere, Out of StateCity/Region Losing Jobs: Milpitas, CACity/Region Gaining Jobs: New York, NY
Company: TelefonicaCA Net Job Gain/Loss: 31Reason: Expand, From Out of CountryCity/Region Losing Jobs: SpainCity/Region Gaining Jobs: Mountain View, CA
Company: Space Systems/Loral Inc.CA Net Job Gain/Loss: -90Reason: LayoffCity/Region Losing Jobs: Palo Alto, CA
Company: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.CA Net Job Gain/Loss: 50Reason: Expand, From Out of CountryCity/Region Losing Jobs: Shenzhen, ChinaCity/Region Gaining Jobs: Santa Clara, CA
Company: Western Digital Corp.CA Net Job Gain/Loss: -80Reason: LayoffCity/Region Losing Jobs: Fremont, CANotes: Company also expanding location in Mountain View that would “quadruple its presence”
Company: Intel CorpCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -1000Reason: Invest Elsewhere, Out of StateCity/Region Losing Jobs: Santa Clara, CACity/Region Gaining Jobs: Chandler, AZ
Company: Fight My MonsterCA Net Job Gain/Loss: Unknown ImpactReason: Expand, From Out of CountryCity/Region Losing Jobs: London, EnglandCity/Region Gaining Jobs: San Mateo, CA