amazon decided to push the button pause in the construction of six new office buildings that he had planned to build in Bellevue, Washington and Nashville, Tennessee.. He has done so with the aim of reassessing its interior layouts and overall expanse to suit the specific needs the company now has with the adoption of hybrid working for many of its office positions.
Of course, the brake on the construction of these buildings, which will be delayed, will not affect the company’s hiring plans, which according to Reuters continues to plan to create 25,000 jobs in Bellevue and another 5,000 in Nashville. And according John Schoettler, Amazon Vice President of Facilities and Real Estate«The pandemic has significantly changed the way people work. Our offices are long-term investments and we want to make sure we design them to meet the needs of our workers well into the future.«.
Amazon has also decided to put the brakes on its plans to expand offices in New York. So has Meta, which has decided not to expand its office space at 770 Broadway, a building near Astor Place, where it already has offices. As for Amazon, has reduced the space it will lease to JPMorgan Chase & Co at Hudson Yards.
While Amazon has not commented on this, from Meta they have mentioned, through a spokesperson, that «there are often various reasons why we don’t go ahead with a particular deal, and this includes the use of offices. The past few years have brought new possibilities to the ways we connect and work. We will remain firmly committed to New York and look forward to opening the Farley in the coming months.«. It is all that they have said about the news that they are not going to expand their offices on Broadway, so they have neither confirmed that they are not going to do it nor have they denied it.
