Microsoft encourages Seattle area and Bay Area employees to work from home if possible through March 25 and asks sick employees to stay home
- People who can work from home in the two affected areas should do that, Microsoft said. — Microsoft said non-essential business travel …
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Stepping up our work to protect the public conversation around Covid-19
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@mr_berman
Matt Berman
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Coronavirus gonna end offices. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@lisatozzi
Lisa Tozzi
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Confession: I'm all about flexible workplace situations but I personally hate working from home. I have a hard time doing it for more than one or two days and I am more afraid of that than actually getting sick. https://twitter.com/...
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@annehelen
Anne Helen Petersen
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Been thinking about this a lot: “People who were reticent to work remotely will find that they really thrive that way. Managers who didn't think they could manage teams that were remote will have a different perspective. I do think we won't go back.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/…
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@buzzfeednews
@buzzfeednews
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“We'll never probably be the same,” Twitter's head of human resources told BuzzFeed News of the company's workplace practices in light of the coronavirus. “People who were reticent to work remotely will find that they really thrive that way.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@burgessct
Christopher Burgess
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Sadly, the 10th death due to #COVID19US has occurred in Washington State, according to @KingCountyWA Update: https://www.kingcounty.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
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@williamslauram
Laura M Williams
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Here we go....working at home for most of March it seems. Remember when we all couldn't wait for 2019 to be over!? https://twitter.com/...
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@tombiro
Tom Biro
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This is huge. Microsoft tells King County WA employees that can WFH that they should through 3/25. #COVID19seattle https://twitter.com/...
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@nancybaym
Nancy Baym
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This has resolved the question of whether or not to go to Seattle for work next week. https://twitter.com/...
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@jsnover
Jeffrey Snover
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I've been working from home (WFH) this week & had severe cognitive dissonance calling into meetings w/lots of people at work. Everyone calculates risks differently. I was second guessing myself until this. We'll all be WFH for the next 3 weeks. https://news.microsoft.com/...
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@vickyharp
Vicky Harp
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Microsoft Puget Sound and Bay Area employees: “Consistent with King County guidance, we are recommending all employees who are in a job that can be done from home should do so through March 25th” https://twitter.com/...
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@cristingoodwin
Cristin Goodwin
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Keeping @Microsoft local employees home will reduce risk and let us use our products and services too. Stay healthy, cyber friends! https://twitter.com/...
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@kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz
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The Coronavirus Is Forcing Techies To Work From Home. Some May Never Go Back To The Office. My latest: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@amybrewster2016
Amy Brewster
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@brianschatz Bill Gates is telling Microsoft employees to stay home (even if they are healthy) through 3/25 https://news.microsoft.com/... When a company as big as Microsoft basically shutters it's main headquarters for 20 days, that's saying a lot. And Bill Gates is a lot smarte…
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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I remember a lot of hand wringing about companies needing to rethink their supply chains being in China because of #COVID19. Wondering if the same will happen about the risks of collocating workers who given today's tech could work remotely anyway? 🤔 https://www.techmeme.com/...
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@sbisson
Simon Bisson
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Microsoft work-from-home policy for Redmond extended to 25th March. https://twitter.com/...
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@taylor_soper
Taylor Soper
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Facebook contractor in Seattle tests positive for coronavirus, company closes two office buildings, recommends all 5,000+ Seattle-area employees to work from home until March 31 https://www.geekwire.com/...
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@rmac18
@rmac18
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A relative of a contractor at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the family office of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, has tested positive for coronavirus. Out of caution, the co closed its Redwood City office for the week for cleaning. All employees are being asked to WFH.
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@wiczipedia
Nina Jankowicz
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This is good. Now hope the rest of the adtech industry stops placing ads for masks and worse (straight up disinfo!) on articles and info about coronavirus. https://twitter.com/...
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@nalakag
Nalaka Gunawardene
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. Zuckerberg also says @Facebook will: — block #disinformation exploiting #coronavirus emergency — study how anonymized #FB data can help show how #COVID19 virus is spreading But can Zuck & team catch enough #Corona hoaxes going in 100s of languages? https://www.facebook.com/... …
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@nalakag
Nalaka Gunawardene
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Zuckerberg says @facebook is to give @WHO as many free ads as they need for #coronavirus response “along with other in-kind support”. #FB to also give millions more in ad credits to other orgs & will work closely with global health experts on #COVID19 https://www.facebook.com/...…
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@dansinker
@dansinker
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@MikeIsaac Oh they can block misinformation just like that huh
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@hypervisible
One Ring
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After giving gas cans and lighters to all takers, Facebook now passing out free glasses of water. https://venturebeat.com/...
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@rmac18
@rmac18
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Yesterday Mark Zuckerberg announced how CZI is helping to develop solutions for Coronavirus: https://www.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@jamesrbuk
James Ball
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This is good on Facebook's part, but really steps up the need on good journalism to hold the WHO to account as it is (like every organisation) a very human and flawed organisation. https://twitter.com/...