Oof. This has the potential to damage Oracle’s sterling reputation for ethical conduct in all things. https://t.co/D9tN2XfwCt
— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) December 12, 2020
BREAKING: Oracle just announced they have moved their Headquarters to Austin.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) December 11, 2020
Texas is truly the land of business, jobs, and opportunity.
We will continue to attract the very best.
Another longtime SV stalwart goes to Texas. Larry in Texas. Damn. I mean, I realize Larry isn’t actually moving to Texas. Not enough room for his yachts. But damn. https://t.co/sAYmiQsXpr
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) December 11, 2020
Austin is gonna become extremely annoying very soon https://t.co/Vk8X78yEoU
— Ed Zitron (@edzitron) December 12, 2020
?????? Open the Texas flood gates... https://t.co/0EX6ttBipO
— Chamillionaire (@chamillionaire) December 11, 2020
How many slaps to the face is it going to take for the state of California to wake up? https://t.co/QlUuhBTf1J
— Derek Andersen (@DerekjAndersen) December 11, 2020
Great to welcome another company from Silicon Valley to Texas! @Oracle will be an excellent addition to Texas’ thriving technology sector & a welcome job creator for Texans.https://t.co/qxJzPi8GbS
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 12, 2020
? Oracle is for me one of the iconic corporate campuses in the valley. Fascinating. https://t.co/u9kQVBSdz3
— Ben Galbraith (@bgalbs) December 11, 2020
Think I’ll hold on to my real estate downtown a few more years. https://t.co/u9IXmoTuUS
— Matt Jay (@mattjay) December 11, 2020
So Oracle OpenWorld goes to Las Vegas and Oracle’s headquarters goes to Austin.
— Ken Yeung (@thekenyeung) December 11, 2020
Anytime you can drive your smartest and richest people/companies away you gotta do it. Shocking they’d want to leave with how business friendly California is... real head scratcher https://t.co/d8Jb3mwg8a
— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) December 11, 2020
If this is true, this would be a big deal for the SF Peninsula and Bay Area. https://t.co/DWLr6m5Pde
— Mark Hachman (@markhachman) December 11, 2020
as a Northern California Democrat, I would feel so trolled if a bunch of aggrieved billionaires moved their tech companies to Texas, simultaneously easing housing prices in the Bay Area and transplanting thousands of college-educated cosmopolitan liberals to a swing state. https://t.co/5yKedOjkg0
— John Miguel McCauley (@Mickey_McCauley) December 12, 2020
2020:The dismantling of super cities happening in plain sight. https://t.co/YpeTmvTcOt
— Ryan Smith (@RyanQualtrics) December 12, 2020
The Lone Star State will have them all pretty soon. https://t.co/KoGMAuiXAl
— Jason Buttrill (@JasonButtrill) December 11, 2020
Many more to come... https://t.co/i6gxaz8T6F
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 11, 2020
Congratulations Governor Newsom, you are presiding over the greatest destruction of citizen wealth in the history of California. But at least you’ll always have French Laundry. https://t.co/UJGoWnLOxR https://t.co/JDuosM5Ji0
— Michael Arrington (@arrington) December 11, 2020
More big news for the Texas economy. As states like California and New York continue to cripple businesses, our state is welcoming them with open arms. Welcome to the Lone Star State, @Oracle. https://t.co/qOcxcnp7H2
— George P. Bush (@georgepbush) December 11, 2020
Another fortune 100 leaving California for Texas. ?? https://t.co/UkAf9fYlTx
— Patrick Bet-David (@patrickbetdavid) December 12, 2020
Tech companies moving to Austin is literally the plot of ‘Office Space’ (1999) - why is anyone shocked by this https://t.co/RdvDSSODnR
— Arielle Castillo (@ariellec) December 12, 2020
This is what they call a Lift and Shift https://t.co/zEktLc5QKN
— Alex Danco (@Alex_Danco) December 11, 2020
The Texodus continues. @Oracle moves to Texas. https://t.co/neU8SlspEm
— Wayne Vaughan (@WayneVaughan) December 11, 2020
'This is Texas, the prices are like free here.' Larry Ellison, 2018 https://t.co/86FR5Qb0t7
— Jordan Novet (@jordannovet) December 11, 2020
Oracle moving HQ to Austin isn’t as interesting as the fact employees can choose their office location,or continue to work from home part time or full time.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) December 12, 2020
Companies are strongly incentived to replace real estate costs with Zoom licenses. This isn’t over https://t.co/ibgrVtTGkM
This is like the third huge company to come here. Austin is about to be insufferable https://t.co/kVJYRODXGu
— Kassie ? (@KassandraKitson) December 12, 2020
Tech exodus is just starting... https://t.co/T1a5R66vPj
— Ian Balina (@DiaryofaMadeMan) December 12, 2020
What is San Francisco going to be like now that it is losing the thing that makes it special (Oracle’s headquarters being located in Redwood City)?
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) December 12, 2020
I wonder how many corporations have to leave California for red states to flip them blue https://t.co/3OIATPN6co
— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) December 11, 2020
Texas GOP better institute a progressive income tax fast before rapid growth of white collar jobs puts Democrats in charge https://t.co/A8PpJWWAVE
— Matthew Yglesias ? (@mattyglesias) December 11, 2020
Zero employees moving. So what does moving an HQ actually mean? https://t.co/5L1o5olVhN pic.twitter.com/JMbhhCTaWU
— Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) December 11, 2020
We need Californians to read Atlas Shrugged. https://t.co/9dgwhdCFmX
— John Tuld - Wealth Inequality Detector (@BradHuston) December 11, 2020
Only way this could have been weirder was if they'd said 'Miami' instead.
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) December 12, 2020
I don't think things are going back to 'normal' after COVID. https://t.co/E1jKUutwlo
California's new State Song, "All of My Ex's (Executives) Live in Texas." #CADeservesBetterhttps://t.co/TrBKqpFI4V
— CA Senate GOP Caucus (@SenateRepCaucus) December 12, 2020
Remote work is literally changing our business landscape, but what I'm seeing is the megatrend of remote work unleashing the independent talent economy. The more we got remote, the more the independent talent market expands. This is inning 0.5 https://t.co/oSqBpKdejO
— Hayden Brown (@hydnbrwn) December 12, 2020
Oracle Moves Headquarters to Texas, Joining Valley Exodus - Bloomberg https://t.co/ZFnoPDhfMp
— Cynthia Johnson (@CynthiaLIVE) December 11, 2020
Oracle said it has moved its headquarters from California to Austin, Texas, to give employees more flexibility on where they do their jobs https://t.co/MwrFi0ncBt
— Narasimha Rao (@NarasimhaRao10) December 11, 2020
Oracle has relocated its headquarters to Austin, becoming the latest tech company to move out of the Bay Area.https://t.co/nVcihovi8z
— Axios (@axios) December 12, 2020
An hour after my tweet about Tesla, @Oracle announced their plan to move to Austen, Texas from California. The exodus is just beginning. Businesses will not tolerate such harmful policies and regulations #GetWokeGoBroke https://t.co/sijTUiaWC4
— Jake Bennett (@JakeBennett44) December 12, 2020
Key employers of the bay area - HPE, Tesla, & now Oracle moving their headquarters out of Silicon Valley. We need a friendly environment for companies to grow/innovate in Silicon Valley @TheSVO @svcaf2020 @HinduAmericans @GOPLeader @GavinNewsom https://t.co/T5IsdlDZvK
— Ritesh Tandon US Congressional Candidate, CA 17 (@tandon4congress) December 11, 2020
JUST IN: Oracle is moving its headquarters to Austin, TX, making it the latest tech company to move out of California. @CNBCJosh reports. https://t.co/ZeHmckPQnc pic.twitter.com/0B8qLJKEKh
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 11, 2020
The US "Atlas Shrugged" movement is accelerating:https://t.co/CSTyV8iHYQ
— Luke Gromen (@LukeGromen) December 11, 2020
"Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas" https://t.co/vd77rzT3qG
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) December 11, 2020
"A bulk of employees can choose their office location, or continue to work from home part time or full time, the company said."
Why should this matter to us? The move to Texas by Oracle, HPE, Tesla- likely is because these Republican billionaires pay even less taxes in Texas. Last year was McKesson. It’s top 1% greed and it must be stopped. Hope this helps turn Texas blue https://t.co/jJwWG2whrM pic.twitter.com/3dD7422hQX
— Liberal Resistance (@LiberalResist) December 12, 2020
Great to welcome another company from Silicon Valley to Texas! @Oracle will be an excellent addition to Texas’ thriving technology sector & a welcome job creator for Texans.https://t.co/qxJzPi8GbS
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 12, 2020
Years of bad economic policies continue to take their toll on California. It’s hard to overstate how big of a loss this is for CA. Congratulations to Texas for continuing to prove that lower taxes and freedom make all of the difference! https://t.co/LqlxhyjAN3 @ALEC_states
— Jonathan Williams (@Taxeconomist) December 11, 2020
오라클, 텍사스 주 오스틴으로 본사 이전하기로. 실리콘 밸리의 생활비가 말도 안 되게 높아지면서 본사 이전을 결정하는 기업이 늘어나고 있다고 기사는 언급. https://t.co/auFDT8dGyN
— YUKI.N (@nagato708) December 11, 2020
オラクルもカルフォルニアに本社移転
— いつも悩んでる人 (@kackiee) December 12, 2020
Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texashttps://t.co/lXPDtgxnMx
テスラ、HP,パランティア、ハイテク企業が続々脱加州
Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas https://t.co/0IYlI5n3Y3
— EdAsante (@EdAsante77) December 12, 2020
Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas https://t.co/ZeHmckPQnc
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 11, 2020
Oracle Is Moving Its Headquarters From Silicon Valley To Austin, Texas https://t.co/u1NjIGftgM
— Slashdot (@slashdot) December 11, 2020
#wakeupCalifornia. Schwab, Tesla, HP, Elon Musk, Oracle.... How many more jobs will we lose before the union bosses and their politician puppets take their political boots off our necks? #deregulate #detaxify #lovebusiness #freedom #bravery #unlockdown https://t.co/E4KmKdycgV
— Tim Draper (@TimDraper) December 12, 2020
Another one https://t.co/58OuxL01UM
— Adam Singer (@AdamSinger) December 11, 2020
Oracle is moving its headquarters to Austin, TX, making it the latest tech company to move out of California. @CNBCJosh reports. https://t.co/ZeHmckPQnc pic.twitter.com/696J9vBLiD
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 12, 2020
Important point: if the entire class of people who could potentially work remotely is suddenly allowed to work remotely, they can move anywhere on the planet. Nations & states will have to compete much harder for their physical presence. Big implications for governance. #exit https://t.co/1eeHGv7aSi
— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) December 12, 2020
At what point will California learn... becoming one of the worst states to operate a small biz // large biz. Texas continues to benefit off CA diminishing return tax plans.... https://t.co/lCvKSyIDcy
— Patrick Shriver (@PSchwarzenegger) December 12, 2020
Great, but leave California’s policies behind. https://t.co/o3J5M9qyGb
— Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) December 12, 2020
The trend is accelerating #hightax #SiliconValley exodus ?#Oracle #hewlettpackard #ElonMusk https://t.co/AYFPLZIBEX
— Susan Li (@SusanLiTV) December 11, 2020
Oracle to move headquarters to Austin, will allow for remote workhttps://t.co/GpMLfwLFh6
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 12, 2020
First, 10%+ of SFs population leave. Then, small businesses die. Then, VCs leave. Then, startups. Then, @elonmusk. Then, @HPE. Now, @Oracle.
— Karsten Weide (@WeideKarsten) December 12, 2020
Sky-high prices & a collapsing tax base. Fanciful, onerous rules. Crime spikes. Terrible traffic. Homelessness.
Let’s end bad governance. https://t.co/3DeAU5dJlK
Tesla leaves. Now, Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas https://t.co/Y9oWacdp1K
— Andrew Malcolm (@AHMalcolm) December 12, 2020
And other multibillion dollar tech companies have gone full remote.
— balajis.com (@balajis) December 12, 2020
We’re entering the next phase, what we’ve been building towards over the last few decades: a global two-sided marketplace of technologists and policymakers.
Go where we’re welcome, leave where we’re not. https://t.co/gy2f0nNQOn
#wakeupCalifornia. Schwab, Tesla, HP, Elon Musk, Oracle.... How many more jobs will we lose before the union bosses and their politician puppets take their political boots off our necks? #deregulate #detaxify #lovebusiness #freedom #bravery #unlockdown https://t.co/E4KmKdycgV
— Tim Draper (@TimDraper) December 12, 2020
What’s the deal with Big Tech and Texas?@Oracle is moving its headquarters from Redwood Shores, California, to Austin, Texas.
— Tech Insider (@techinsider) December 12, 2020
The move is the latest in a string of tech giants fleeing Silicon Valley for the Southern state. ? https://t.co/eQDhJJ81LZ
In the last 90 days, Oracle, HP, and Tesla ALL announce major moves to Texas.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 13, 2020
California Dem politicians: pic.twitter.com/QgvVXiRNss
First Elon Musk now Oracle will move headquarters to Texas from California...
— John R Lott Jr. (@JohnRLottJr) December 12, 2020
Do you think high taxes and government regulations might have something to do with it? https://t.co/WpOP0Po2S6
Oracle, 135,000 employees: "our employees can choose their office location as well as continue to work from home part time or all the time" https://t.co/a9KMqgMsjB
— Dror Poleg (@drorpoleg) December 13, 2020
Great to be on @FoxNews’ @FoxandFriends this morning on: Now Oracle's exiting California for Texas. Will the last one in Silicon Valley, please turn out the lights? | @FoxBusiness @Oracle @GovAbbott @TPPF https://t.co/kWsBGMCSmV
— Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) December 13, 2020
Now Oracle's exiting California for Texas. Will the last one in Silicon Valley, please turn out the lights? https://t.co/ZKSFjIKa0M #FoxBusiness
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) December 13, 2020
More taxpayers voting with their feet. The more governments come to see people and companies as customers to be won, rather than as a flock to be fleeced, the better... https://t.co/cvdRF74iWk
— L (@duediligenceguy) December 13, 2020
Oracle is the latest large tech company to move their HQ out of California. Silicon Valley may experience a form of disruption that will be hard to recover from.https://t.co/5xPAoeUJ8M
— Dantley Davis (@dantley) December 13, 2020