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‘Downtown runs on people’: Seattle officials bullish on impact of Amazon’s return to office

Seattle city leaders have not been shy about cheering Amazon and CEO Andy Jassy’s mandate that put people back at their HQ desks at the beginning of the year. That… Read More

Amazon and Seattle: Mayor Bruce Harrell on tech giant’s full return to office, and relationship with city

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is threading the needle with Amazon. In an interview with GeekWire this week, Harrell explained how he’s navigating a delicate balance faced by many city leaders… Read More

Amazon parents who got used to remote flexibility are frustrated by new 5-day in-office policy

Amazon’s mandate to bring corporate and tech employees back to the office five days per week is being met with frustration from some working parents who valued the flexibility and… Read More

On the ground from Amazon HQ in Seattle: Small businesses ‘excited’ as 5-day policy kicks in

Standing inside her food truck Spice on Curve in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood on Thursday, Nasima Akhter was prepping for the lunchtime rush of Amazon employees. “I’m excited that… Read More

Downtown Seattle leader calls Amazon’s return-to-office mandate ‘influential’ as 5-day policy begins

Will other companies follow Amazon’s lead? That’s a key question for the future of downtown Seattle as the tech giant brings workers back to the office five days a week,… Read More

Amazon delays return-to-office in some cities due to lack of space

Some Amazon workers won’t be back in the office five days a week when the company’s new RTO mandate goes into effect next month. That’s because some offices across the… Read More

Remote, hybrid, or fully in-office? Tech companies find their footing with different approaches

More than four years after the pandemic sent corporate employees home, the debate over remote work hasn’t lost steam as leaders enforce varying levels of return-to-office policies. Most companies have… 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 the office five days a week as a general rule.… Read More

Car and foot traffic data show impact of Amazon’s return to office mandate on Seattle commutes

Amazon workers are back. And so is the traffic. Data from transportation analytics provider Inrix shows average commute speeds dropping by as much as 35% on routes in and out… Read More

Internal FAQ: What Amazon is telling employees before they return to the office next week

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

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