GeekWire on Wednesday celebrated its new headquarters at the center of the universe — otherwise known as Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. Business leaders, GeekWire sponsors and members, neighbors and representatives from… Read More
When it comes to getting workers back in the office, Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson wants to lead by example. Nelson was a featured speaker at the annual “State… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. — At precisely 2 p.m. Pacific time on a recent Monday afternoon, employees of the technology startup Statsig were alerted to their regular standup meeting not by a… Read More
Donna Moodie has a home office. But the chief impact officer at the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle prefers to surround herself with other co-working members, just two blocks away… 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
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
Tech layoffs and hiring freezes continue to impact the commercial real estate market in and around Seattle, according to a new report from Kidder Mathews. “The regional office market is… 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
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
Starbucks is directing corporate employees to return to the office a minimum of three days a week, saying that it’s time to “rebuild and revive the energy” of its headquarters… Read More
Microsoft is pushing back the timeframe for nine of the 17 buildings in the redevelopment of its original Redmond headquarters campus, delaying their completion while saying it is still committed… Read More
Hybrid work is here to stay, but some big changes are needed to make it work. That was the message from Microsoft this week as the tech giant presented the… Read More
New funding: Spot, a Seattle-based startup building a Sims-esque metaverse platform for businesses, has raised a $5.5 million seed round. The tech: The company allows users to build virtual hubs… Read More
Amazon is continuing to leave return-to-work decisions in the hands of group and team leaders and not, at this point, planning a widespread requirement for engineers and corporate employees to… Read More
Citing ongoing uncertainty about the impact of hybrid work on its office designs, Amazon says it will pause construction on five towers in downtown Bellevue, Wash., and hold off, for… Read More
Amazon will host more than 15,000 interns from across the world this year, setting the stage for its largest class ever. The Seattle tech giant says that most of its… Read More
Bungie’s decision last month to become a digital-first workplace came as a mild surprise, given that the video game developer is expanding its headquarters space in Bellevue, Wash., and recently… 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
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
