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Seattle tech leaders lament departure of Techstars but remain bullish on new opportunities

GeekWire

The tenth Techstars Seattle cohort gathers after Demo Day in 2019 at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry. That’s a question on our minds in the immediate aftermath of the surprising news this week from Techstars to shut down its Seattle program. GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) Techstars Seattle is done.

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Amazon’s newest euphemism for overworked employees is ‘industrial athlete’

The Verge

The comparison is a troubling euphemism for a company whose workers have almost double the amount of serious injuries as the rest of the warehousing industry and who reportedly are often unable to take bathroom breaks. One thing Amazon doesn’t bring up is that athletes train for an event with a definite end date.

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5 ways to Boost Training ROI with Evaluation Tools

Kitaboo

Knowing the effectiveness, reliability, and outcomes of these training programs offers a benchmark for future improvements. What changes should be done in the future training programs? Was the organization able to proceed towards their end-goal with this training program? It involves observing the change after the program.

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Airbnb valued at $100 billion following blockbuster IPO — equivalent of more than five Expedias

GeekWire

. “Many of our current and potential competitors enjoy substantial competitive advantages over us, such as greater name and brand recognition, longer operating histories, larger marketing budgets, and loyalty programs, as well as substantially greater financial, technical, and other resources,” the company wrote. billion in 2019.

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Amazon to add another 100k seasonal positions, preparing for holidays in midst of pandemic

GeekWire

That’s half as many seasonal positions as the company created for the 2019 holiday shopping season. Last year, by comparison, the company said it promoted 19,000 operations workers to manager or supervisor roles.) However, it comes after an unprecedented hiring spree this year.

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Microsoft makes tiny dent in annual carbon footprint but says ‘it’s not happening fast enough’

GeekWire

It also described its programs to help Microsoft customers measure and reduce their climate impacts and its work on international initiatives and policies to address climate change. Washington state , by comparison, had carbon emissions of more than 102 million metric tons in 2019. gigawatts of energy.

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Did you receive a ‘long-term care’ email from your employer? Here’s what it means to opt-in or opt-out

GeekWire

” The reason for the email is a somewhat forgotten tax and program approved by the state legislature three years ago: The Washington Long-term Services and Supports Trust Act (LTSS). “Even though the law was passed in 2019, I think that out-of-the-blue email was the first most of us had ever heard of it.”

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