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Let’s brung these High tech Visa holders to Indianapolis so they
can help fill the job gaps and start tech businesses.
This is a golden opportunity for Indianapolis.
What jobs gap? Salesforce just laid off a whole bunch of high tech folks and flooded this market.
I knew that Salesforce was talking about layoffs, but I haven’t
heard that they actually did it in Indianapolis.
Joe B.
We always here about the brain drain in Indianapolis.
Which is it. Di we have a brain drain or not.
Yes, I know several … and they’ve made layoffs subsequent of the initial announcement, too.
Salesforce just finished a 57 story building in Chicago to serve as their regional HQ. Throw in Benioff‘s distaste for the social legislation and I think it’s a done deal.
It is an interesting idea to recruit H1B visa holders and pay them a LOT of money to stay in Indiana until they land equivalent jobs …but I’m gonna guess that welfare for foreigners won’t be politically popular.
https://www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-8/salesforce-didnt-warn-indiana-about-layoffs-but-state-has-little-recourse/
Joe B.
Not talking out welfare for for Visa holding tech guys. But opportunities
for these people to come to Indianapolis. There may be many potential
high tech entrepreneurs we could lure here.
I knew Salesforce built a brand 57 story tower in Chicago. That doesn’t
bode well for Indianapolis. In fact it’s very concerning. Salesforce came
here because they bought a very successful tech company downtown.
If Salesforce pulls out, they’ll take that with them.
No fan of Bemioff. He’s reacting to the leftwingers over the top
shreiking that is based far more in uninformed emotional shreiking than
the facts. But Benioff is the shot caller and he could really hurt
downtown Indianapolis.
Joe B.
Are city or state organizations in contact with Salesforce officals trying
to keep them here in Indianapolis??? If not, why not. We lose Salesforce,
that will be a huge loss in Indy’s efforts to retain and recruit high tech
companies to Indianapolis.
Second, I think our state legislature passes laws that are not needed.
A solution in search of a problem. It’s always disastrous.
That said, it doesn’t help when our local media over react either.
We have a leftwing activist Indy Star and left leaning broadcast media
that are always to quick to side with the leftwing activists when they shreik.
Sorry, you lost me when you blamed the media in some misguided attempt to “both sides” things.
There’s nothing to react to if people don’t pass dumb laws that get the media lots of hits and attention.
If we had a legislature worth a darn they’d have listened to Mitch 20 years ago when he said to pause the social issues stuff and focus on jobs. But we’ve got a bunch of legislators tired of their kids leaving home for the Indianapolis area, so instead of building themselves up, they’ve chosen to tear Indianapolis and the state down to their crumbling level.
To use the farming analogy, we’ve chosen to eat our seed corn instead of planting it.
I suspect Indianapolis has been trying to keep Salesforce since the day they bought ExactTarget, the same way they’ve been trying to keep every major employer in the city.
Joe B.
Agreed that our state legislature should stay away from social issues.
But our local media push social issues constantly.
There’s a small number of leftwing activists that completely over react
and the media backs them every step of the way.
This is what Benioff is heating. A small number of far left shreikers being
amplified much larger than what they are by a leftwing activists Media.
But I do agree that the state legislature should stay away from social
issues.
Also, not getting any sensible ideas from the Dems either unfortunately.
And The Dems have a very friendly Media here.
Thanks! Exact Target. I couldn’t remember the name.
I sincerely hope our local and state leaders are staying in contact with our
local downtown corporations, Salesforce included.
To not would be very negligent.
So blow smoke and just tell people everything is bunnies and rainbows. Just ignore that special session Indiana convened a few months ago to ban abortion and write about the tax rebate instead. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt, it seems.
There’s a reason that these companies find themselves with employees who want to leave Indiana and it’s not the fault of the local media.
Benioff was quite vocal about RFRA in 2015. Salesforce signed the deal with Chicago in 2018. If you don’t think those two items were linked … c’mon.
The Democrats have ideas. They go nowhere at the Statehouse because there are so few Democrats that their presence isn’t required to conduct business. Justin Moed proposed fixing the road funding formula so Indianapolis stopped giving welfare to the rest of the state. You know where it went? Nowhere because Republicans killed it.
https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1086
The blame for your problems falls on Statehouse Republicans. They are a hindrance to the future of the state of Indiana. You can whatabout that all day but you’re just kidding yourself.
Joe B.
Nope! No blowing smoke or denial.
The R’s do a lot of rediculious things. So do the Dems.
I don’t like either party.
But you can’t tell me that a very leftwing Media here isn’t part of the
problem only covering social issues from one side of the coin.
The local leftwing Media, print and broadcast amplify a thousand times
what a small number of far leftwing advocates shreik ( like their hair is on fire ).
That’s the information that Benioff is getting. A very amplified
one sided negative view of Indianapolis.
Second, I never felt Benioff wanted to stay in Indianapolis to begin with.
The founders of Exact Target were the reasons why he stayed.
That said, the BONEHEADS on the Republican side aren’t helping matters
either with very Unnecessary legislation.
The road funding isse ( formula) that you mentioned is a prime e ample.
You keep stating that all the problems in Indianapolis lay at the feet
of the R dominated statehouse.
I contend that local Dems aren’t helping the cause either with their soft
on crime policies ( for racial equity ), and other DEI utter nonsense.
Local Dem city council members more concerned with no meat Mondays
or some rediculious climate feel good policy.
The R’s and the D’s had better start working together or our city.
Our downtown core is suffering.
This is why we need the local business leaders to step up.
They will put ideological and political differences to the side.
I can tell you that because it makes no sense. You’re blaming someone for building a house of wood for arson … as opposed to blaming the arsonist.
If what you said was true, Benioff would be much happier if he listened to WIBC. They do nothing but talk about all the great things going on, right?
The issue isn’t “media bias”. The issue is stupid laws that chase away employers and residents.
We lose jobs in the state of Indiana due to the policies at the state level. The state of Indiana — IEDC – controls the money when we try to lure companies. That’s how it works. All Indy can do is yet another TIF district.
And when Indianapolis tries to do something at the city level, like deal with terrible landlords, the state of Indiana swoops in and negates the bill.
What soft on crime policies? A reminder that the last Indianapolis budget had so much more money for the police that it passed on a bipartisan basis. If your idea of “soft on crime” is things like the police oversight board having a majority of citizens instead of officers, I am not sure what to tell you.
The city of Indianapolis is working on things like low barrier shelters. I don’t see any Republicans at the Statehouse showing much of an interest. The Marion County Republican Party is just as useless as the Indiana Democratic Party at the state level.
So get back to me when Indianapolis Republicans, or you for that matter, have some actual ideas besides “work together”. All Republicans in Indianapolis have to offer are ”we aren’t the Democrats” which isn’t going to fly. A reminder, Marion County Republicans went from having a majority when they drew the maps to having just five people on the CCC … with maps they got to draw to their benefit!