Companies rush to link jobs to Trump

[applegrove]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-jobs-credit-companies-233044

By TONY ROMM at Politico

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Reinsch noted that United Technologies, Carrier’s parent company, likely considered how much goodwill could be gained from the Carrier move and hoped that “the next three decisions they make, he’s not going to complain about.""”

That strategy might have been on the mind of Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris, who appeared with Trump earlier this month to tout a new innovation center. Speaking in Michigan, he said his company’s investment — and Trump’s presidency — would create “several hundred jobs” at Dow. That drew the praise of Trump, who earlier had named Liveris to a key manufacturing advisory post.

In reality, though, Dow is creating about 100 jobs, while moving an additional 100 back to the U.S. from other facilities, the company previously told POLITICO. Dow already was in the midst of a restructuring as it seeks to purchase rival chemical company DuPont.

Then came IBM: The day before CEO Virginia Rometty planned to huddle with Trump and other tech executives in New York, the company known as Big Blue promised to hire 25,000 workers in Trump’s first term. The eye-popping figure, however, belied the fact that IBM previously had as many of 20,000 jobs open anyway, months after it laid off as many as 14,000 workers around the world, according to one estimate earlier this year.


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[revmclaren]

1. The Lemmings are stumbling over themselves to jump off the cliff.

Financial disaster here they come.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Isn't Public Relations a wonder tool?

Not to worry though,our Media would not know the difference between a Corporate PR puff piece and what the real story is.

[tenorly]

3. Headline manufacture. They use the same tactic in 3rd world countries w/ obsequious regimes.

Whenever said governments are in trouble politically, they''ll announce "large, new investments." Local crony media outlets will, of course, trumpet the "good news" as long as they can.

Suffice it to say, said investments either don't ultimately happen - or do but in much smaller amounts than advertised.

[benld74]

4. Profits rule them

[Grassy Knoll]

5. Its A Miracle..

[Initech]

6. If my boss sucked up to Trump, I would not work there.

And let them know exactly why.