Amazon installs historic Elephant Car Wash sign on HQ campus

Is the tech industry doing enough to help fix Seattle’s problems? ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: EVOLVE 401(k): The retirement plan for business that dream big: [Enhance your employee benefits with ALLtech, available exclusively to GeekWire member companies.]( TODAY'S TOP STORIES Amazon installed one of the historic Elephant Car Wash neon signs on its headquarters campus in Seattle. - The 1950’s-era pink elephant used to stand just blocks away and was gifted to Amazon when the car wash closed. The tech giant paid for a restoration process. [Read more.]( Is the tech industry doing enough to help alleviate some of Seattle’s most pressing problems? - That was the question we posed to five elected officials in Seattle at an annual reception Thursday hosted by the Seattle Metro Chamber. [Here’s what they said](. A year after forcing an independent review of Microsoft’s sexual harassment policies, a majority of investors followed the board’s recommendations to reject all six shareholder proposals at the company’s annual meeting this week, according to results released Friday morning. - Proposals focused on tax transparency, climate change, retirement funds, military technology, and more. [Read the story](. In case you missed it: We broke the news that Microsoft is pushing back the timeframe for nine of the 17 buildings in the redevelopment of its original Redmond headquarters campus. - The company is still committed to finishing the entire project, but said it wants to make sure the new interior spaces reflect the needs of employees in the era of hybrid work. [Read the story](. T[hanks for reading, and have a great](. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper,]( and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, [kurt@geekwire.com](. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Acumatica Cloud ERP provides the best business management solution for transforming your company to thrive in the new digital economy.]( Built on a future-proof platform with open architecture for rapid integrations, scalability, and ease of use, Acumatica delivers unparalleled value to small and midmarket organizations. Connected Business. Delivered. [Watch demo video →]( LATEST HEADLINES [Microsoft shareholders reject proposals on military tech usage, anti-climate investing, tax disclosures]( [Is the tech industry doing enough to help fix Seattle’s problems? We asked 5 elected officials]( [Amazon installs historic Elephant Car Wash sign on Seattle HQ campus, blocks from original home]( GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Remitly: Senior Mobile Software Development Engineer – B2B Platform (Seattle or U.S. Remote)]( - [Periscopic: Full Stack Developer]( - [Government of Canada Trade Commissioner Service: Senior Trade Officer (International Business Development)]( - [MovingWorlds: Senior Fullstack Engineer for Scaling Social Enterprise]( - [Remitly: Senior Software Development Engineer – North American Product (Seattle Or U.S. Remote)]( - [Plus: GTM Strategy and Ops Lead]( - [Switchee: Fullstack Developer]( - [Remitly: Principal Software Development Engineer- Passbook (Seattle or U.S. Remote)]( - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Back end)]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2022 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](