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Salesforce’s Tableau renews Fremont office lease, signaling long-term Seattle commitment

The renewal continues Tableau’s long association with Fremont, where the company added offices over the years to accommodate its rapid growth before its $15.7 billion acquisition by Salesforce in 2019. Read More

Microsoft’s new RTO policy starts Feb. 23, bringing Seattle-area workers back 3 days a week

Microsoft’s three-day-a-week return-to-office mandate starts Monday, Feb. 23, for Seattle-area employees. Here’s what to know about the policy, and some advice for commuters from the Bellevue Chamber: “Gird your loins.” Read More

Microsoft sets new RTO policy, requiring employees in the office 3 days per week

In a memo to staff, Microsoft said the change is grounded in data showing that in-person collaboration boosts energy, empowerment, and results, especially for AI-era innovation. Read More

Reports of stricter Microsoft return-to-office policy add to post-layoff uncertainty

Is Microsoft about to shake up its workforce again?  A new report this week by The Verge is adding to… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft, Remitly, and the new shape of work — plus, Amazon’s NYT AI deal

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s new licensing agreement with The New York Times to train its… Read More

Rebooting Redmond: Microsoft’s new campus reflects ongoing transformation, uncertain future

For this final installment in GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 series, we visited the company’s redeveloped headquarters. The new campus offers insights into Microsoft’s evolution over the past five decades, and a glimpse of the place where its future will take shape. Read More

Google sets long-term plan to exit Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, consolidate in South Lake Union

The Center of the Universe is getting less Googley. Google confirmed Friday that the company plans to bring all its… Read More

Survey by Blind finds 91% of Amazon employees not happy about return-to-office policy

An overwhelming majority of Amazon employees are not happy about the company’s mandate to return to the office five days… Read More

Thoughts on Amazon’s full return to the office from a CEO who knows the value — and the trade-offs

As a former big-tech exec who’s now running a startup, Vijaye Raji understands Andy Jassy’s desire to have employees in… Read More

A ‘home run’ or a ‘cowardly’ decision? Amazon’s new in-person work policy elicits cheers and jeers

Some Amazon employees may not be happy, but January can’t come soon enough for many of the Seattle organizations and… Read More

Companies are ‘still feeling their way’ on return to office as GeekWire celebrates opening of new HQ

GeekWire on Wednesday celebrated its new headquarters at the center of the universe — otherwise known as Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood.… Read More

Seattle council president on getting workers back to the office: ‘We have to build those numbers up’

When it comes to getting workers back in the office, Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson wants to lead by… Read More

5 days in the office? Some tech startups are bringing workers together all week, every week

BELLEVUE, Wash. — At precisely 2 p.m. Pacific time on a recent Monday afternoon, employees of the technology startup Statsig… Read More

Even as WeWork goes bankrupt, co-working is poised to survive and thrive in other spaces

Donna Moodie has a home office. But the chief impact officer at the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle prefers to… Read More

Amazon uses badge-swipe data to tell employees they aren’t complying with return-to-office policy

Messages sent by Amazon to some employees this week, asserting that they aren’t complying with a corporate mandate to return… Read More

Report: Vehicle trips to downtown Seattle aren’t increasing, despite some return-to-office mandates

Despite return-to-office mandates from some Seattle companies such as Amazon and Redfin, vehicle traffic to downtown has not increased through… Read More

Seattle-area office market ‘clearly struggling’ and ‘highly volatile’

Tech layoffs and hiring freezes continue to impact the commercial real estate market in and around Seattle, according to a… Read More

Collaboration — and couches: Remitly rethinks its downtown Seattle office for a new era of work

On the 24th floor of a downtown Seattle skyscraper, Remitly is feeling out the so-called future of work. And they’re… Read More

Amazon changes back-to-office policy, tells corporate workers to come in 3 days a week

Amazon wants its corporate and tech employees back in the office at least three days per week, CEO Andy Jassy… Read More

Zillow CEO says company is attracting talent at a ‘much greater rate’ thanks to flexible work model

Zillow Group is receiving four times as many applicants per job posting compared to 2019, thanks in part to its… Read More

Meta and Microsoft are ditching office space in the Seattle area

Meta and Microsoft are both giving up office space in the Seattle region amid the shift to hybrid work and… Read More

Starbucks wants corporate workers back in office 3 days a week to ‘rebuild and revive the energy’

Starbucks is directing corporate employees to return to the office a minimum of three days a week, saying that it’s… Read More

Microsoft delays timeframe for 9 office buildings in massive HQ redevelopment

Microsoft is pushing back the timeframe for nine of the 17 buildings in the redevelopment of its original Redmond headquarters… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: The new world of hybrid work, and the next generation of smartphone users

Hybrid work is here to stay, but some big changes are needed to make it work. That was the message… Read More

Spot, a Seattle metaverse startup for hybrid workforces, raises $5.5M

New funding: Spot, a Seattle-based startup building a Sims-esque metaverse platform for businesses, has raised a $5.5 million seed round.… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on the future of work: Still experimenting, not yet mandating return to office

Amazon is continuing to leave return-to-work decisions in the hands of group and team leaders and not, at this point,… Read More

Amazon will pause Bellevue towers to study impact of hybrid work on its offices, still plans 25k jobs

Citing ongoing uncertainty about the impact of hybrid work on its office designs, Amazon says it will pause construction on… Read More

Amazon hosting 15,000 interns this year, its largest class ever, using a mostly hybrid model

Amazon will host more than 15,000 interns from across the world this year, setting the stage for its largest class… Read More

Why Bungie is becoming a ‘digital-first workplace’ — and still plans to keep its growing office footprint

Bungie’s decision last month to become a digital-first workplace came as a mild surprise, given that the video game developer… Read More

Microsoft cites risk of digital overload as flexible work creates potential “24/7 workday”

The average workday span has increased 13%, or 46 minutes, in the past two years, as people continue to log… Read More

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