Comments on: VA again Best State for Business

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:32:54 +0000

Anon E. Mouse, ha ha, no. And Forbes doesn’t exactly compile this list for people in the landscaping business, so unless you’re one of those people who thinks the Mexicans are out to take your job….

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:37:35 +0000

Maybe we have more illegals available than NC does!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:37:09 +0000

Reading through the article associated with the rankings your looking at, it occurs to me that being ranked #1 for labor (from a business’ perspective) might not be nearly as dubious as we think. It can’t be weighted heavily simply to reflect labor costs and wages, or North Carolina’s ranking would have been much higher (the article states that North Carolina has the second lowest labor costs in the nation, 18% below the national average, yet the state’s overall labor ranking was 22). Virginia’s high labor ranking could mean something else entirely–the skill level of the workforce, for instance.

By: Sweatin'Like Nixon

Sweatin'Like Nixon — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:54:23 +0000

MB and anon are right. Virginia is “pro-business” at the expenses of the workers. It has been that way for decades, even before there were awards given out for it.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:37:07 +0000

Yeah, this is all good and well until you have a grievance to file against an employer: workman’s comp, discrimination, etc. Companies can get away with stuff here that would cost them millions in MA or CA where businesses do just fine, thank you very much.

By: MB

MB — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:31:10 +0000

I sure would like to see a little more analysis on the regulatory environment and labor rankings (VA is 1 and 5, respectively). I suspect not everyone would cheer the details.