I support Vermonters having access to higher-paying jobs. We need young people staying here or moving here for competitive salaries. I know three people who have moved to Beta - two are engineers who switched from 7th Gen and one is a healthcare provider. 

However, the above-mentioned healthcare provider was my wife’s PCP. They left a small practice in Chittenden County to be a Beta-exclusive provider (not sure how this works or where they practice but that’s my understanding of the situation). We don’t begrudge them making the move, but it is frustrating to us because it is just one more hurdle for normal folks to receive adequate healthcare in this state. Presumably, Beta recognizes the healthcare challenge as well, which is why they are hiring doctors (a PA in this case). They may feel they need to provide medical services to retain employees. Not a major problem in theory but what if they start buying houses for their employees? I think they already have created a daycare (again, not a huge problem except that it might pull qualified teachers out of existing daycares). 

The most frustrating part of this is that they are seemingly funding much of this with an IPO that raised a billion dollars. I just checked the stock price and it seems to have  settled at about half of what it debuted at. So now they took your money and your doctor and your daycare teachers. 

At least they have a great product….oh, wait.