Comments on: Dell selling factories http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/05/dell-selling-factories/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:57:24 -0500 hourly 1 By: Tom Woolf http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/05/dell-selling-factories/comment-page-1/#comment-874649 Tom Woolf Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:11:09 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=40023#comment-874649 One major question about this here in North Carolina is Dell's commitment to the deal they made a couple years back giving Dell a $280 MILLION tax break to build a factory here. So far, the factory has exceeded expectations (figures are regurgitated based on reading a Raleigh News and Observer article this morning), with the number of employees and average wage each exceeding projections to this point. However, a Dell spokesman stating that her main priorities are to her "customers and employees". Although I can appreciate those two priorities, the main unstated priority will ultimately be to the stockholders. This potentially leaves the state SOL. I hope Dell has the decency and ethics to stick with the deal made with North Carolina. One major question about this here in North Carolina is Dell’s commitment to the deal they made a couple years back giving Dell a $280 MILLION tax break to build a factory here.

So far, the factory has exceeded expectations (figures are regurgitated based on reading a Raleigh News and Observer article this morning), with the number of employees and average wage each exceeding projections to this point. However, a Dell spokesman stating that her main priorities are to her “customers and employees”. Although I can appreciate those two priorities, the main unstated priority will ultimately be to the stockholders. This potentially leaves the state SOL.

I hope Dell has the decency and ethics to stick with the deal made with North Carolina.

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