Yea 4,500 people making say $40-50k is $200-225M.

Multiply that by “a couple years” and you have 1% or more of the total project cost, which is significant.

They’re also not just creating 9k jobs, that’s only Micron internal, they estimate ~50,000 jobs when you account for the entire supply chain.

No one’s praising them for that, huh? But we’re quick to ding them for letting go 4,500 people.

Also 4,500 number includes voluntary attraction (people that quit and they just don’t replace them).

Also also, the factory will be in a different location. You expect them to just load people up on a bus?

Lastly, the entire industry is facing challenges including Intel and QuailComm. Let’s stop demonizing corporations for everything they do.

What are they supposed to do? Hire people and when the economy slows just keep them on payroll? That’s not how life works.

Disclaimer: I’m not arguing for or against, just laying out the facts of the matter. If it were a utopian society, sure keep everyone on a good salary with or without work, but that’s not how it works (at least for now unfortunately).