REI is selling its new headquarters campus before even moving in.

Aug 12, 2020
9:30:49pm

El Careeb Professor Smarty-Pants

It will be interesting to see how other companies adjust to the pandemic.

REI to sell new headquarters in Bellevue and 'normalize' remote working model

REI is selling its new eight-acre corporate campus in Bellevue and expanding a remote working model, shifting company headquarters from a centralized hub to multiple offices across the Puget Sound region.

https://www.q13fox.com/news/rei-to-sell-new-headquarters-in-bellevue-and-normalize-remote-working-model

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REI is selling its new headquarters campus before even moving in.

El Careeb Professor Smarty-Pants

8/12/20 9:30pm

My son in law is working on the new Microsoft campus in Silicon Valley, it's

BYUFBDAD

8/12/20 9:35pm

Interesting. I could see other companies doing this. I just don’t believe remote

Bro

8/12/20 9:37pm

I've heard that concern and could see it being a problem

El Careeb

8/12/20 9:39pm

I hope more companies do this.

Grungymtnman

8/12/20 9:40pm

I'm a proponent of the "work from the office when you need to" rather than the old "work from home when you need to"

letthewookieewin

8/12/20 9:48pm

I think a lot of companies are probably swinging the pendulum a little far in remote and will pull some jobs back into

Mike Honcho

8/12/20 9:54pm

Wouldn't surprise me if REI sells this at a loss now and then buys it back at a

BYUFBDAD

8/12/20 9:58pm

work from home for most businesses doesn't work... the experiment has been tried and failed... In March and April

HarlemCoug

8/12/20 10:03pm

additionally.... if a company wants to attract great college grads... top level employees need to be available in an

HarlemCoug

8/12/20 10:08pm

Work from home has been working well at my office and I think it's here to stay

Great38

8/12/20 10:26pm

Give me 2 days in an office, 3 days WFH. That’s the sweet spot.

Mike Honcho

8/12/20 10:34pm

Hasn’t REI been having a rough go of it lately anyway?

StalwartBraveTrue

8/12/20 10:11pm

I honestly don't know.

El Careeb

8/12/20 10:14pm

Cant' wait to see Seattle as a wasteland. let it become a mecca for 1,000,000 homeless. (Its almost there now.)

CoogsWin

8/12/20 11:10pm

Who’s going to buy it?

REI to sell new headquarters in Bellevue and 'normalize' remote working model

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