Pamela Hayter just wanted someone at Amazon to answer “the why.” After more than eight years at the tech giant, Hayter had come to expect that decisions large and small… Read More
Messages sent by Amazon to some employees this week, asserting that they aren’t complying with a corporate mandate to return to the office at least three days a week, is… Read More
Getty Images, Expedia, and several other employers with operations in Seattle are being sued by workers who allege that the companies violated the city’s wage theft law by not reimbursing… Read More
Despite return-to-office mandates from some Seattle companies such as Amazon and Redfin, vehicle traffic to downtown has not increased through May of this year and falls far short of pre-COVID… Read More
The walkout is on. Amazon employee groups say they expect more than 1,900 workers around the world to participate in a planned protest of the company’s return-to-office mandate and climate-related… Read More
DocuSign released a report Wednesday highlighting the benefits of remote work — which caught our attention given that the company is forcing employees back to the office. The 30-page report found… Read More
Is this what 2019 felt like? It’s hard to remember after three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work, an empty downtown, and start-and-stop policies for getting back to the… Read More
One major harbinger of a post-pandemic swing to normal in downtown Seattle is Amazon’s much-heralded return to the office this week, which I like to call the “Amazon Great Return.” … Read More
Remember the days of working from anywhere? They’re officially over at Amazon. The tech giant wants its corporate and tech employees back in their assigned offices three days a week… Read More
Glenn Kelman has changed his mind about remote work. The Redfin CEO sent a memo to employees outlining a new hybrid-office policy that requires workers to be back in the… Read More
What about Amazon? That question comes up frequently these days in tech industry conversations about generative artificial intelligence, especially as Open AI leverages its partnership with Microsoft Azure, the Amazon… Read More
After an outflow of residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, new population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show that fewer people are leaving urban centers such as King… Read More
On the 24th floor of a downtown Seattle skyscraper, Remitly is feeling out the so-called future of work. And they’re using a lot of couches to get there. “People had… Read More
Amazon wants its corporate and tech employees back in the office at least three days per week, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to workers on Friday. The Seattle-based… Read More
Zillow Group is receiving four times as many applicants per job posting compared to 2019, thanks in part to its flexible work model implemented in the early stages of the… Read More
Office building attendance in downtown Seattle this past November increased year-over-year from 15-20% to 35-60%, as more companies establish in-office mandates, according to a new report from CBRE. But only… Read More
Meta and Microsoft are both giving up office space in the Seattle region amid the shift to hybrid work and broader tech downturn. Facebook parent Meta is subleasing its 6-story… Read More
Sean Turner was on his phone in the lobby of a downtown Seattle hotel last year when a woman slapped his iPad off a table, then took his AirPods case.… Read More
Navigating the future of work. Learning how to fight against burnout. Taking on cybersecurity threats. Gathering community. Connecting with old colleagues. Making new friends. The 2022 GeekWire Summit had it… Read More
Many tech companies are reducing their real estate footprints as they adopt permanent hybrid work policies spurred by the pandemic. They’re also rethinking how existing space is designed and used… Read More
If you work for Tesla and you’ve been doing that job from home since the pandemic started, be wary if there’s a knock at the door. It might be Elon… Read More
New research published Monday quantifies the growing sense of caution among U.S. startup leaders, as economic turmoil creates concerns about cash, and causes some companies to scale back their hiring… Read More
WeWork is reopening a co-working space in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood that the company shut down last June. The location at 1448 NW Market St. will reopen to members April 4… Read More
The average workday span has increased 13%, or 46 minutes, in the past two years, as people continue to log on earlier and sign off later than they did prior… Read More
Nobody ever said working from home had to be from your home. As more companies begin to make the move to bring workers back to offices that have been largely… Read More
As Seattle has established itself as a so-called “superstar” city among established tech hubs, recent reports and data sets are shining a light on how the pandemic has helped other… Read More
Apple is joining the growing list of tech companies calling workers back to the office, setting April 11 as a deadline for corporate workers to be back in person at… Read More
Google is getting ready to transition from a voluntary work-from-home period to a hybrid work model that will see most employees report to its Seattle and Kirkland, Wash., offices three… Read More
Even as companies and employees continue to grapple with what the future of work will look like, and where that work will be performed, the technology sector has been gobbling… Read More
