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Kennah

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Fri Dec 30, 2022, 05:31 PM Dec 2022

Report: Twitter to close Seattle offices after company stops paying rent [View all]

Source: KIRO 7 (CBS affiliate)

Twitter has reportedly stopped paying rent at its Seattle office and now faces eviction, according to the New York Times.

The Times spoke with people familiar with the matter who said janitorial and security services were cut.

The apparent shutdown of the office coincides with a layoff notice sent in November by the Employment Security Department of Washington State. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices are required in Washington when 100 or more employees will be affected by closures or layoffs.

On November 4, a notice affecting 257 Seattle Twitter employees said layoffs would start on January 4.

Read more: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/report-twitter-close-seattle-offices-after-company-stops-paying-rent/3XS5IZW62RHOFFHISLOIY2VWVI/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1i20_AqroKOXWsfU69P7jRyCYurZyqOO7rtQN_V-XJrDZtipzBjqE6BFs



Once they stop paying for the server centers, they are done
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The beginning of the end I guess. ananda Dec 2022 #1
Nah, I'm sure EM thinks he can run the place all by himself. KatyaR Dec 2022 #5
But not from home!!! ret5hd Dec 2022 #6
I guess the term BumRushDaShow Dec 2022 #2
Stopping payment of office rent usually doesn't get you off the hook Jarqui Dec 2022 #3
I feel feel one of that sociopath's goals is to help undermine the economies of liberal cities deurbano Dec 2022 #4
Oh I see...you think he has a plan. ret5hd Dec 2022 #7
Yeah, that does seem to give him too much credit! But I think he's an agent of chaos, deurbano Dec 2022 #9
Thanks for taking it in the spirit it was intended. ret5hd Dec 2022 #10
I think you're both onto something here. Chaos is good, as long as the instigator is protected. erronis Dec 2022 #11
In the local SF newspaper they said he also wasn't paying rent for the headquarters in SF kimbutgar Dec 2022 #8
Where will he move headquarters? His mother's basement? LiberalFighter Dec 2022 #12
Corcoran Kennah Dec 2022 #14
Some think he might take Twitter to Austin womanofthehills Dec 2022 #22
Many of those people will get scooped up by bigger and better tech companies in Seattle. Renew Deal Dec 2022 #13
Twitter also closed the Sacramento server center. Mawspam2 Dec 2022 #15
Who needs redundancy &/or capacity when it comes to servers, right? NullTuples Dec 2022 #17
Perhaps he's poisoning the company with debt so nobody will want to buy it after it fails. NullTuples Dec 2022 #16
Musk emulating Deadbeat Donny Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 #18
Musk is thinking of relocating twitter to the moon or possibly mars SouthernDem4ever Dec 2022 #19
to break a lease is not a popular thing for a business to do dembotoz Dec 2022 #20
The wealthy do not like the poors debating US politics..... wolfie001 Dec 2022 #21
What you said Kennah Dec 2022 #23
Cheers!!! wolfie001 Jan 2023 #24
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