Yelp plans to reopen S.F. headquarters in November
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 27: The Logo of Yelp is displayed on a smartphone on November 27, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)Thomas Trutschel / Photothek via Getty Images
Yelp plans to reopen its San Francisco headquarters in November, following its return to a half-dozen other offices, the company said Thursday.
The business reviews company’s Phoenix office will be the first to reopen in August with around 150 people, followed by London, Chicago, Hamburg, New York, Toronto and Washington, D.C. in the fall.
Yelp’s November reopening in San Francisco is later than other major tech companies. Salesforce and Facebook are reopening towers this month. Google is also reopening offices this summer and plans to have all employees back around September.
Salesforce cancels huge downtown office lease in SF
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File photo of the Salesforce Transit Center nearby the tower planned for 542-550 Howard St.MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images/MediaNews Group via Getty Images
Salesforce, the city’s largest private employer, has canceled its 325,000-square-foot lease at the unbuilt Parcel F tower in San Francisco’s Transbay neighborhood, as first reported by the San Francisco Business Times.
The company announced in February that more than half of its workforce will continue working remotely or on a flexible schedule after the pandemic is over. It is also subleasing part of its offices at 350 Mission St., according to the San Francisco Chronicle. (SFGATE and The San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but operate independently of one another.)
Salesforce announces permanent remote work for most employees
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People are seen inside the Salesforce Tower on December 1, 2020 in San Francisco, California.Stephen Lam/Getty Images
The largest private employer in San Francisco announced today that more than half of its workforce will continue working remotely or on a flexible schedule after the pandemic is over.
Salesforce introduced its “Work From Anywhere” strategy, estimating that more than 65% of employees will adopt the new system, based on a company survey.
For those that will be coming into an office, the current spaces will be redesigned to accommodate more of a “community hub” feel, focusing on collaboration and breakout areas to foster moments of human connection.
Gap Inc. consolidating SF offices, moving Old Navy workers in with Gap
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A view of the Old Navy store on Market Street in San Francisco.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Gap Inc. announced to employees this week it would be closing its Old Navy offices in Mission Bay and consolidating those workers into the parent company’s Embarcadero office building.
The new Old Navy Inc. headquarters will operate out of 1 Harrison and 2 Folsom streets.
The closure is yet another example of companies slimming down office footprints amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Just last week, Yelp confirmed its San Francisco headquarters at 140 New Montgomery St. were up for lease. Twitter, which operates its headquarters at 1355 Market St., listed 104,850 square feet of the attached 1 10th St. building for sublease in September 2020 and Pinterest paid $89.5 million to terminate its lease for 88 Bluxome in August 2020.
Yelp seeks to shrink S.F. headquarters after remote work shift, layoffs
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Pedestrians walk past Yelp headquarters in 2018. After 1,000 layoffs, Yelp is reportedly seeking to shrink its San Francisco headquarters.Amy Osborne / Special To The Chronicle 2018Show MoreShow Less
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Employees work at various spaces around 140 New Montgomery St., its headquarters since 2013.Amy Osborne / Special To The Chronicle 2018Show MoreShow Less
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Yelp employees work at its San Francisco headquarters in 2018. The company is also shrinking its offices in other cities.Amy Osborne / Special To The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Yelp is the latest tech company moving to downsize its headquarters in San Francisco, as the coronavirus pandemic and shift to remote work reshapes the local economy.