Panic over the rise of AI is hitting a fever pitch

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I'm an Amazon employee who likes working in person. I think our return-to-office plan falls short, so I'm quitting to work somewhere with a stronger office presence.

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"It's crazy because Amazon will probably think I'm quitting because I want to work from home, but it's actually the opposite," an employee told Insider.

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These million-dollar luxury condos used to be the storied offices of a big Wall Street bank. See inside the transformation.

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One Wall Street pictured in 1932, left, and today.

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I'm an Amazon employee who's worked remotely since 2021. Now that we're returning to the office soon, I worry I'll lose the productivity and work-life balance I perfected during the pandemic.

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An Amazon program manager who has never set foot in the office says she dreads the enforcement of Andy Jassy's return-to-office mandate come May.

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Forget the 'death of downtowns' — we're about to experience the Big City Renaissance

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City downtowns aren't doomed — the rise of remote work is about to spark the Big City Renaissance.

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America's great cities are in a precarious spot.

From free meals to massages, here are 8 of the top perks enjoyed by Big Tech workers

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

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Google tells employees in its Cloud unit to share desks and attend the office on alternate days

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A Google office in San Francisco, California.

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Amazon will require corporate employees to work in the office at least three days per week starting in May

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Kara Swisher and Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy speak onstage during Vox Media's 2022 Code Conference.

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Offices across the US are at least half full for the first time since before the pandemic, new data shows

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Offices are now at least half full for the first time since the pandemic.

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Elon Musk's Twitter ordered by officials to properly label bedrooms in San Francisco HQ as sleeping areas — or convert them back to offices within 15 days

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A former Twitter worker previously said Elon Musk had often slept in the company's offices.

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