Joby Aviation promised 2,000 jobs in Ohio… but progress looks slow, will it affect stock?

Last year, Joby Aviation made headlines for announcing a huge project in Dayton, Ohio 2,000 jobs and nearly $500M in investment. In exchange, Ohio pledged up to $200M in incentives.

Fast forward to now: the facility they leased is still quiet, their website only shows a handful of open roles in Dayton, and their CEO sidestepped questions about progress on the last earnings call. Some local reports are starting to raise flags that this might not be going as promised.

From an investor standpoint, I’m wondering:

• Is this just normal lag time with these kinds of big facilities?

• Or should we take it as a sign that Joby tends to over promise?

The eVTOL space is already high risk and speculative. So if anyone here thinks this Ohio deal falling short could hurt long term credibility for $JOBY, or if the market just shrugs it off as business as usual

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/21/aviation-companys-job-record-raises-concerns-in-ohio-not-what-was-promised-1578069/"