News Alert: Amazon pauses construction on its second headquarters, delaying plan to bring 25,000 employees to the offices in Northern Virginia

The tech giant said it will delay the groundbreaking of the second phase of its HQ2 project and will accommodate the more than 8,000 employees it's already hired at MetPark, which is scheduled to open in Arlington, Va., in June. The move comes after Amazon announced it was laying off 18,000 workers in its corporate workforce. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for alerts News Alert March 3, 10:47 a.m. EST Amazon pauses construction on its second headquarters, delaying plan to bring 25,000 employees to the offices in Northern Virginia The tech giant said it will delay the groundbreaking of the second phase of its HQ2 project and will accommodate the more than 8,000 employees it's already hired at MetPark, which is scheduled to open in Arlington, Va., in June. The move comes after Amazon announced it was laying off 18,000 workers in its corporate workforce. Read more   Advertisement

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