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The
pausing and delay of construction will not affect Amazon's
hiring plans, a company spokesperson said, reiterating the
firm's proposal to create 25,000 jobs in Bellevue and another
5,000 in Nashville.
"The pandemic has significantly changed the way people work ...
Our offices are long-term investments and we want to make sure
that we design them in a way that meets our employees' needs in
the future," said John Schoettler, vice president of Global Real
Estate and Facilities at Amazon.
Separately, Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Facebook
parent Meta Platforms and Amazon have pulled back on their
office expansion plans in New York City. (https://bit.ly/3PvFMeD)
Meta has decided not to take an additional 300,000 square feet
of space at 770 Broadway, a building near Astor Place where it
is already located and Amazon has cut down the amount of space
it intended to lease from JPMorgan Chase & Co at Hudson Yards,
the report said.
"There are often a number of reasons why we wouldn't proceed
with a particular deal, including office utilization. The past
few years have brought new possibilities around the ways we
connect and work," a Meta spokesperson told Reuters without
confirming or denying the report.
"We remain firmly committed to New York and look forward to
opening the Farley in the coming months," the spokesperson
added.
Amazon declined to comment on the report.
(Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika
Syamnath)
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