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I'm a gig worker who argued for Seattle's new minimum pay laws. Now, I'm fighting for my Instacart job.

Sat, 02/03/2024 - 05:52

Tech Insider : Economy

A woman wears sunglasses and a face mask while loading plastic bags full of groceries into the trunk of a car. — Instacart cut the minimum base pay that its gig-worker delivery drivers are paid, and many say the lower pay is making it harder to earn money on the app.
Reuters

economy, instacart, gig-work, Delivery, eCommerce, Shopping, Grocery

Costco may start requiring members to scan ID to enter US warehouses

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 05:07

A hand holding a Costco gold-star membership card — Costco has been cracking down Netflix-style on improper membership sharing.
Dominick Reuter/Business Insider

Retail, Costco, Membership, warehouse-club, Seattle

A millennial moved from Georgia to a Seattle suburb. She said her job pays nearly twice as much, and the weather is ideal.

Sat, 01/06/2024 - 06:18

Tech Insider : Economy

Bremerton, Washington — Bremerton, Washington.
Ceri Breeze/Shutterstock

Real Estate, economy, Washington, Seattle, Georgia, Atlanta, Moving

Workers who move to Seattle get the biggest pay increases

Wed, 01/03/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy

Seattle, Washington downtown skyline. — Seattle, Washington downtown skyline.
Sean Pavone/Shutterstock

economy, Seattle, labor-market, job-market, pay-raises, business-holiday-save-2023

Jeff Bezos probably isn't actually a bad neighbor

Mon, 12/11/2023 - 16:48

Jeff Bezos — Jeff Bezos didn't participate in his neighborhood trash cleanup day.
Cooper Neill

Tech, Real Estate, jeff-bezos, amazon, jeff-bezos-houses, coscto, steve-ballmer

A Gen Zer left Texas to find acceptance and peace of mind: 'Texas has a lot to fix and resolve before I would even encourage anyone to move or live there'

Mon, 12/11/2023 - 05:13

Ty Joerger at a car race in Texas — Ty Joerger at a car race in Texas.
Courtesy of Ty Joerger

Real Estate, Texas, Seattle, texit, Moving, LGBTQ, gun-control

Neighbors reveal what it's like to live next to Jeff Bezos

Fri, 12/08/2023 - 05:13

Jeff Bezos in front of Hunts Point, WA — Michael M. Santiago/Getty, MarkHatfield/Getty, Tyler Le/BI

Tech, Real Estate, jeff-bezos, steve-ballmer, hunts-point, Seattle, fast-investigations

With Jeff Bezos' move to Miami, he leaves a $190M Seattle real estate empire behind — including 5 previously unreported properties

Wed, 12/06/2023 - 05:17

Jeff Bezos — Karwai Tang/WireImage; Getty; Michael Walmsley; Insider

Tech, Real Estate, jeff-bezos, lauren-sanchez, mackenzie-scott, Seattle, fast-investigations

People are fleeing California. Here's where they're plotting to move to.

Mon, 12/04/2023 - 07:15

Cars on. a highway in Seattle. — Californians are eyeing Las Vegas and Seattle as possible landings spots after leaving the Golden State.
Karen Ducey/Getty Images

Real Estate, las-vegas, Seattle, California, san-diego, san-fransico, los-angeles

Is shoplifting getting worse? It depends on how you measure it.

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 05:12

Courtroom with piles of personal care items stolen in organized retail crime — Some of the more than $200,000 in stolen retail goods seized by the San Francisco Police Department from a man who was reselling them online.
San Francisco Police Department via AP

Retail, News, retail-crime, retail-theft, organized-retail-theft, organized-retail-crime, criminal-justice

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