@wfsbnews: Electric Boat has secured the largest shipbuilding contract in modern history, a $77 billion deal that will bring thousands of new jobs and new housing challenges to southeastern Connecticut. The Navy contract calls for the construction of nine Virginia-class submarines and five Columbia-class submarines. Electric Boat will also receive $5 billion to renovate its Groton shipyard. The deal took more than 1,500 days to negotiate. Electric Boat set a goal of hiring 8,000 new employees to meet the demands of the contract. More than 4,000 people have been hired this year alone, putting the company roughly halfway to that target. Click the link above for more details. #localnews #breakingnews #connecticut #news #wfsb #newengland #CT #submarine #electricboat #crystalmall #77billion #shipbuilding #contract #navy #groton #hiring #shipyard
That’s a lot of money for literally half of EB’s workforce to sit on their asses and do nothing all day. Think I’m joking? Ask anyone who works at EB. You could fire half of them today and the other half *might* have something to do for a full shift.
2026-07-31 04:30:31
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qshitty :
yea and they’ll keep hiring contractors paying them 50$ an hour + per diem but can’t pay us the same, 1 20 minute lunch, contractors get priority over actual employees
2026-07-31 05:23:50
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𝕵𝖆𝔁 𝓡‼️ :
and new employees still won’t get a pension
2026-07-31 04:13:27
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Philly Beez :
absolutely terrible place to work, it’s basically working for the military, i got a job as a welder there and had to be escorted around by armed guards, there’s millions of cameras, they collect DNA samples it’s dystopian to say the least.
2026-07-31 07:06:42
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talkjock :
Trump’s strong military getting stronger and CT benefits. Liberals will find a way to hate this.
2026-07-31 04:03:55
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centralmidfield :
too bad we dont have the housing or mass transit for the tens of thousands who will need to be hired
2026-07-31 01:46:18
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annie :
cool now build more parking and install more transportation and build housing that most people who work at EB can actually afford
2026-07-31 21:43:12
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JCookGrime :
Maybe I should open up a food truck and park at Home Depot
2026-07-31 21:42:27
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lord ramos :
We can’t create jobs any other way?? What a waste of money
2026-08-01 00:59:50
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yagirl_alexandra :
They still don’t even make enough for them to buy a house starting out while having a appt and a car to get there
2026-07-31 04:03:45
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Sha 🫦🤌🏽 :
SHOUT OUT TO RPG & ARC FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN 💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
2026-08-01 00:23:10
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user1581657978875 :
You mean money laundering contract
2026-07-31 15:56:49
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mbrandjr :
How about we fucking let other electric companies into the state to compete with eversource so that instead of them fuking us whenever they feel like it, there’s some competition
2026-07-31 10:59:48
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scrambled_mk7 :
And still no parking improvement plan
2026-07-31 08:22:39
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Fernando :
America literally runs off war
2026-07-31 12:21:28
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davidc1550 :
This is why we don’t have universal healthcare, affordable education and affordable childcare.
2026-07-31 11:28:18
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Kell ;) :
AND WHERE ARE WE PARKING 😳
2026-07-31 19:49:02
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user3917167209051 :
State lawmakers “let’s build more subs that are capable of killing millions. Also lawmakers “you citizens don’t need a pistol”
2026-07-31 11:35:59
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highlevel111 :
All the comments and not one person in these comments has worked there. It sounds like a great opportunity until you actually work there in real life.
2026-07-31 05:08:49
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Bracco :
better build a damn parking garage
2026-07-31 12:12:50
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Ivan 👨🏻🏭 :
9 Virginia and 5 Columbia when we can barely put out 1 of each a year, genuinely hilarious 🤣
2026-07-31 07:04:59
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Ding daddy :
Until they do a fucking massive layoff and it’s gonna crumble the economy
2026-07-31 10:54:24
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jaysav1002 :
So we gettin a raise 😂
2026-07-31 04:29:25
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