Amazon moves workers from a Seattle office in crime-hit area

The Amazon Spheres remains mostly closed to visitors on March 10, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. Most Amazon workers continue to work remotely, and the visitors center remains closed to the public. — AFP

Amazon.com Inc is temporarily removing workers from a downtown Seattle office so employees don’t have to travel to an area that’s seen a spate of shootings, carjackings and other violent crimes.

“Given recent incidents near 3rd and Pine, we’re providing employees currently at that location with alternative office space elsewhere,” an Amazon spokesman said in an emailed statement. “We are hopeful that conditions will improve and that we will be able to bring employees back to this location when it is safe to do so.”