Google to begin opening some Seattle-area offices for optional in-person work starting April 20 Google has announced plans to start bringing workers back to the company’s offices in the Puget Sound region, including on… Read More
Incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on why remote work hurts innovation: ‘You don’t riff the same way’ As GeekWire reported earlier Wednesday, Amazon is headed back to the office after letting people work from home for the… Read More
Microsoft to reopen HQ campus to more employees March 29 as focus shifts to hybrid work model Microsoft is going to start bringing some of its Seattle-area employees back to the office next week, just over a… Read More
Remote work 1 year later: The pandemic sent tech workers home — when and how will they return? It’s been exactly one year since Microsoft recommended that its nearly 54,000 Seattle-area employees work from home as a mysterious… Read More
Research finds new hires having trouble connecting with teammates and values during remote work Remote work can be challenging enough for the workers who are already established at a particular company. Onboarding new employees,… Read More
Strategies for remote-work success: Set clear start and end times, check in on people, have patience Guest Post: If you’re working in technology you’re likely working remotely, whether you want to or not. Working remotely is… Read More
Amazon extends remote work policy for office employees to June 2021 Amazon employees can now work from home until June 30. The Seattle tech giant extended its remote work policy, which… Read More
More hours, more burned out: Survey finds remote tech workforce feeling strain of working from home The pandemic and remote work are wearing on the tech workforce, with 68% of respondents to a new survey saying… Read More
‘This is cruel’: Rush Limbaugh rips Microsoft for plan to cut pay of workers who relocate Microsoft attracted some attention last week with its evolving response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how and where it will… Read More
Microsoft’s new ‘hybrid workplace’ policy will make working from home a permanent part of the mix Microsoft has released new “hybrid workplace” guidance that lays out how employees can have a more flexible remote work schedule… Read More
WFH tips from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Regular breaks, short meetings, and other advice Schedule super quick meetings just to check in with colleagues. Read more. And try to fit “moments of transition” into… Read More
Zillow report fuels talk of ‘mass exodus’ in San Francisco, but other markets not seeing urban flight Zillow’s recent Urban Suburban Market Report opens by asking: Are people fleeing the cities for greener suburban pastures? The short… Read More
Geek of the Week: Furniture designer Ethan Pearl on the future office and how COVID rearranges it all Six months into a global health crisis that has redefined where and how many of us work, Ethan Pearl is… Read More
‘How long can we hold on?’ As Zillow workers stay remote, businesses near Seattle HQ fight to survive It’s 8:20 a.m. at the corner of Second Avenue and Union Street in downtown Seattle. The buzz of the city… Read More
Months after moving into deluxe new office, Seattle startup Zipwhip extends remote work a year Last fall, Zipwhip employees were settling into a sprawling new office space with sunset views of the Seattle waterfront and… Read More
Zillow to allow 90% of employees to work from home indefinitely as pandemic ‘debunks’ old ways Zillow Group introduced a new policy on Wednesday allowing about 90% of its employees the option of working from home,… Read More
Seattle joins regional cities and counties in allowing public sector employees to work remotely into 2021 Public sector employees throughout the Seattle region who have the ability to do their jobs remotely will be able to… Read More
WFH ‘pioneer’ Auth0 shares advice for managing a remote workforce and returning to the office safely Remote work was the norm at Auth0 long before the COVID-19 pandemic forced companies into work-from-home mandates. Salesforce Ventures leads… Read More
Why this Seattle-area startup ditched its physical office — and what it means for the future of work With no end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic and the transition to work-from-home going smoothly, Tagboard faced a dilemma:… Read More
If working from home is the ‘future of work,’ here are 11 reasons why the office sounds better In the midst of the ongoing pandemic, there is an awakening among CEOs that employees are capable of doing work… Read More
Zillow survey forecasts suburban boom as remote workers flee pricey cities in search of bigger homes The Seattle real estate tech companies that have spent the past several years reporting on how attractive and hot tech… Read More
Boise or Bozeman bound? Redfin CEO predicts big shift to smaller cities as remote work takes hold The rush to crowd into cities to be closer to tech jobs could be a thing of the past in… Read More
Zillow approves remote work policy for rest of 2020; CEO says views on WFH ‘turned upside down’ Zillow Group is embracing WFH. The Seattle-based real estate company told its employees Friday that they can work from home… Read More
Together again, virtually: Inside two worlds where social distancing is irrelevant Inside the board room at the corporate headquarters for VirBELA, chief strategy officer Glenn Sanford invited me to lean forward… Read More
A virtual new world: Seattle startups on what works and what they miss while working from home How’s everybody doing? That seems to be the question of the moment as we check in with one another via… Read More
Zoom CEO: Coronavirus outbreak will ‘change the landscape’ of work and communication Zoom CEO Eric Yuan thinks the response to the coronavirus outbreak could lead to a fundamental, permanent shift in how… Read More
WFH 101: Tips and tricks from the home front as tech workers go remote during coronavirus crisis Tech companies in the Seattle region have gone to great lengths in recent years to build fancy offices full of… Read More
