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Cratedigger wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:18 pm https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... -jobs.html

Garmin to add 900 jobs in Olathe.

Wish they would do more downtown, but neat to see them continuing to expand

Cratedigger wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:39 pm # is up to 1,500 jobs now

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:24 pm

Cratedigger wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:39 pm # is up to 1,500 jobs now

1500 jobs at 95k salary?

Even normalthings has to be impressed by that

earthling wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:57 pm With indicators for potential loss of local Cerner employment over several years these will be needed to offset. Hopefully all continue to grow locally.

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:58 pm We should be harvesting every HQ or back office in Topeka, Wichita, Omaha. Des Moines, Columbia

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:58 pm We should be harvesting every HQ or back office in Topeka, Wichita, Omaha. Des Moines, Columbia

Highlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:27 pm

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:58 pm We should be harvesting every HQ or back office in Topeka, Wichita, Omaha. Des Moines, Columbia

True. But we also do not want to leave our hinterland empty. I'd still rather see a company move from Denver or Dallas than within our own area of influence.

The incentive agreement, obtained by The Capital-Journal through a Kansas Open Records Act request, details the terms struck by Hill's and the commerce department.
The agreement is dated Oct. 1, 2022, and runs through Sept. 30, 2027. A Hill's executive signed it Jan. 10, with Toland following suit two days later.
Hill's must retain all 375 existing headquarters jobs that will be relocated to Johnson County while also creating 50 net new jobs at the headquarters.
The $3 million in incentive funds will be distributed through multiple $500,000 payments from the commerce department to Hill's. The first payment was to be made within 30 days of the agreement being signed.
Another payment comes after Hill's makes $13 million in capital investments at a new warehouse and distribution facility in Kansas. The agreement doesn't identify the location of the warehouse, but the company's statement indicated it will be in Kansas City, Kan.
The company promises to invest at least $33.5 million in its new headquarters. And in order to receive the incentives, the company must also make $4.25 million in capital investment and create 60 net new jobs at the Topeka nutrition center. The facility had 244 jobs as of Oct. 1.

dukuboy1 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 1:57 pm glad the merger is finished. Article mentioned the potential loss of 112 white collar jobs at KC Southern, despite the US HQ staying here in KC. Curious to what those are, as I'm sure some through normal attrition of retirement, some "golden parachutes" for duplicate/overlapping C suite types, VP's that KCS had that are no longer needed. Will be curious to see what stays & goes and then of course what they hire in once the dust settles. Could be nice for the new company to rely on the expertise of KCS employees in the US/Mexico markets to help ensure growth at a standard pace instead of perhaps scaling back and then moving forward. Will be interesting and I hope it is a benefit not a NET loss for KC and one of it's elder statesmen of the business world.