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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
To me the whole point of a second 'headquarters' in a different city is that it is a 3hr time difference, if you didn't want that why would you bother setting up in a different city? the most common sense thing for the around 25th richest company in the world would be to have one office in Seattle, if you are planning a second headquarters not in Seattle it's because the west doesn't work for what they want that location to do.
People need to think of this beyond N America, 4 hours is not a big deal within the US but its 8 hours to Europe, an East Coast office allows workable teleconferencing to the EU throughout most of the day.
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By that logic put the thing in the UK or Ireland for tax purposes. Same Language and then you have coverage throughout the world. Again your vendors come to you when you are Amazon so they will accommodate the time zone issues so it really doesn't matter too much.
The purpose of the second head quarters (based on the RFP) is most likely risk mitiagation, access to talent, and most importantly corporate subsidy.