Remember when Amazon turned the U.S. into a Thunderdome? After laying off more than half that number, Amazon put the brakes on HQ2 in Virginia, delaying construction of three 22-story office towers doing.
The news was first reported by Bloomberg. The first phase of construction, called Metropolitan Park, is nearly complete and, assuming the new “three days a week” rule remains in place, is expected to house about 8,000 employees when it opens in June. His second, larger section, known as PenPlace, was originally set to step into the current location. However, it was postponed indefinitely.
Unfortunately, this also includes the shaft-like “Helix” companion building that leads to Seattle’s “Sphere” (known locally by a different name).
Amazon has asserted that “this shift is not the result of, nor does it imply, the elimination of any job duties,” but did not consider the fact that the company recently laid off about 18,000 people across the company. It is impossible to consider the decision. I asked if the Virginia employee had also been laid off (which seems very likely), but got no response.
This isn’t the only time Amazon seems to be ahead in office space. An entire floor is vacant at our Seattle headquarters, and construction on new office towers in Bellevue (just east of Seattle) and Nashville has been halted.
Of course, this is not the only one. Many tech companies were building millions of square feet of new offices for 2020. Amazon wasn’t the only one to fish out which states would offer the biggest tax cuts (Washington state has been leaning left-wing lately, threatening new taxes and daring its escape plan to a friendlier climate). are available).
And it’s not the only time you don’t know exactly what to do in this new world of remote work. You’ve invested a really huge amount of money in an office complex, but at the end of the day, very few employees want or need it. Simply forcing employees to come to work is one “solution,” he said, and ditching canned food in more expensive offices is another “solution.”
However, Amazon has committed to bringing 25,000 jobs to HQ2 by 2030, and its “long-term intentions and commitments remain unchanged,” the company said in a statement. A company as big and durable as Amazon has weathered the double storm of macroeconomic conditions and the stupidity of management’s business decisions to sail for the next turnaround and go insane when the time comes. Employ as After all, there are tax breaks!
