As Twitter's home city nears a vote limiting new office space construction, the company may be forced to locate its workforce elsewhere.Nine years ago, San Francisco gave Twitter a major, controversial tax break to stay in the city, locating the social media company’s headquarters in the bleak mid-Market neighborhood. But today, after taking the money, Twitter is putting San Francisco on mute as it plans to expand outside of the city.“Our concentration in San Francisco is not serving us any longer and we will strive to be a far more distributed workforce,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on an...…As Twitter's home city nears a vote limiting new office space construction, the company may be forced to locate its workforce elsewhere.Nine years ago, San Francisco gave Twitter a major, controversial tax break to stay in the city, locating the social media company’s headquarters in the bleak mid-Market neighborhood. But today, after taking the money, Twitter is putting San Francisco on mute as it plans to expand outside of the city.“Our concentration in San Francisco is not serving us any longer and we will strive to be a far more distributed workforce,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on an...WW…

Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Twitter are encouraging workers to stay home.As the coronavirus spreads in the United States and tech companies ask their workforces to do their jobs from home, some in the industry are looking at the outbreak as a test case for the long-gestating but never-arriving moment when working remotely will broadly replace working in person.“We’ll never probably be the same,” Jennifer Christie, Twitter’s head of human resources, told BuzzFeed News of the company’s workplace practices. “People who were reticent to work remotely will find that they really thrive...…Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Twitter are encouraging workers to stay home.As the coronavirus spreads in the United States and tech companies ask their workforces to do their jobs from home, some in the industry are looking at the outbreak as a test case for the long-gestating but never-arriving moment when working remotely will broadly replace working in person.“We’ll never probably be the same,” Jennifer Christie, Twitter’s head of human resources, told BuzzFeed News of the company’s workplace practices. “People who were reticent to work remotely will find that they really thrive...WW…

Work-at-home desks, face shields, and home shopping — here is how these businesses are trying to survive.The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .The is devastating many small businesses, keeping people off the streets, customers out of shops, and cash out of registers. But some are completely transforming themselves to thrive amid the chaos.Scrappy firms are now producing entirely new products, pivoting to support the medical industry, and even running...…Work-at-home desks, face shields, and home shopping — here is how these businesses are trying to survive.The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .The is devastating many small businesses, keeping people off the streets, customers out of shops, and cash out of registers. But some are completely transforming themselves to thrive amid the chaos.Scrappy firms are now producing entirely new products, pivoting to support the medical industry, and even running...WW…

Two months into working from home, Twitter makes it permanent for some.BuzzFeed News has reporters across five continents bringing you trustworthy stories about the impact of the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .Some Twitter employees will never return to their office.Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey emailed employees on Tuesday telling them that they’d be allowed to work from home permanently, even after the pandemic lockdown passes. Some jobs that require physical presence, such as maintaining servers, will still require employees to come in.“We've been...…Two months into working from home, Twitter makes it permanent for some.BuzzFeed News has reporters across five continents bringing you trustworthy stories about the impact of the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .Some Twitter employees will never return to their office.Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey emailed employees on Tuesday telling them that they’d be allowed to work from home permanently, even after the pandemic lockdown passes. Some jobs that require physical presence, such as maintaining servers, will still require employees to come in.“We've been...WW…

“Somebody give me reasons to be in the SF meatspace vs. somewhere in the forest.”When Twitter, a $22 billion company with a headquarters in the center of San Francisco, told employees they could on Tuesday, techies in the Bay Area began to wonder why they were there at all.After all, why put up with one of the , where the streets are and , when you could keep your job and not do that?“Moved to the Bay Area just weeks before quarantine; can't meet new people, team was already remote, tech mindspace lives on Twitter, SF streets be sketchy, rent is ridiculous, I still use straws,” Eva Beylin,...…“Somebody give me reasons to be in the SF meatspace vs. somewhere in the forest.”When Twitter, a $22 billion company with a headquarters in the center of San Francisco, told employees they could on Tuesday, techies in the Bay Area began to wonder why they were there at all.After all, why put up with one of the , where the streets are and , when you could keep your job and not do that?“Moved to the Bay Area just weeks before quarantine; can't meet new people, team was already remote, tech mindspace lives on Twitter, SF streets be sketchy, rent is ridiculous, I still use straws,” Eva Beylin,...WW…

The social media platform is siding with scientists to stop the spread of harmful misinformation about the pandemic. If it can do it now, why wasn't it doing it all along?The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .In January 2020, Facebook executives began paying attention to a new spreading across the globe. The virus was deadly and highly contagious, and when the World Health Organization about it, the company’s leadership dropped their typically hands-off...…The social media platform is siding with scientists to stop the spread of harmful misinformation about the pandemic. If it can do it now, why wasn't it doing it all along?The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .In January 2020, Facebook executives began paying attention to a new spreading across the globe. The virus was deadly and highly contagious, and when the World Health Organization about it, the company’s leadership dropped their typically hands-off...WW…