I will be super interested in Red Hat. They threatened to leave for Atlanta in the past five years. This could not be further from their corporate values, and they have a highly distributed workforce and a big base of operations in Massachusetts and a fair number of people in the Bay Area.<p>McCrory is a real idiot. The money in NC comes from the cities. They may have won a Pyrrhic victory in the gerrymandering, but now that the rural districts have this power to drive legislation, they are going to drive companies/money right out of Asheville (brewing, tourism), Charlotte (finance/finance tech), and Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill (software R&D and biotech).<p>PayPal isn't the first news. NC lost a startup incubator that was going to start a local presence already. There is more to this, and it's going to end the governors' national political ambitions as well has harm the economy of NC for decades.<p>edit: if it doesn't get overturned (in its entirety) immediately when the legislation gets back in session or through the courts, which is already in progress.
This is the first time I have ever read news that reflects PayPal in a positive light.<p>Never thought I would ever write these words: way to go, PayPal!
Great political move on PayPals part. And good social move to put pressure on the politics of NC. But... This is mostly for show. If they really meant it they would not do business in Uganda, DRC, Kazakhstan, etc. places where it's de jure illegal to be out as LGBT.<p>So, while the side effect of their PR is good, it's more or less a side effect of PR for them. I'll believe their intentions when the move out of all places which have medieval anti LGBT laws.
Good, I hope more companies follow. I understand some people's reservations with how fast the cultural landscape is changing. The biggest problem I have is underhanded tactics, asinine euphemisms, and feigned naiveté by the people trying to pass these laws. If you truly feel you are on the right side, why try (so feebly) to hide your intentions?<p>You are either a brave culture warrior fighting for what's right or you're a cowardly bigot. You can't be both.
Too bad the city of Charlotte was the city that passed the law in the first place. So you're taking a stand against NC by hurting Charlotte who was just screwed over by the state gov too.
I am bummed this went off the front page (presumably flagging/downvoting because of people's political disagreements).<p>* this effects Y Combinator <a href="https://ei.ncsu.edu/y-combinator/" rel="nofollow">https://ei.ncsu.edu/y-combinator/</a><p>* it effects Google Ventures: <a href="http://recode.net/2016/04/01/google-ventures-north-carolina-hb2-ban/" rel="nofollow">http://recode.net/2016/04/01/google-ventures-north-carolina-...</a><p>* There are local incubators and less formal groups of local startups against it.
This was NC's Commerce Secretary's response. Not very well thought through.<p><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2016/04/05/n-ccommerce-secretary-doesnt-foresee-economic.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2016/04/05/n-ccomme...</a>
Is this the same PayPal that does business with more than 20 countries where homosexuality is illegal, including 5 where it's punishable by death?<p>The NC law is bad but this from PayPal is hypocrisy of the highest order.
The law requires men to use the men's room, and women to use the women's room. I don't see the problem with that. If it's really an issue, why can't PayPal just put a third bathroom in its facility for any gender?
Absolutely shameful for PayPal. This is not about equality and inclusion, but rather about using government violence to force people to support that which they oppose.<p>A black baker should not be required to bake a cake for the KKK; a homosexual florist should not be required to provide flowers to the Westboro Baptist Church; neither should a Christian baker or florist or software developer be forced to employ his art and skill in service of something which he opposes, and which opposes his belief system.