May 15, 2015

The Amazon Life in Seattle

From CityLab:

Amazon, headquartered in the city’s historically industrial South Lake Union neighborhood, has a workforce spread around more than a dozen buildings and plans for more. And when you need to hire thousands of high-salaried workers in Seattle who probably have their minds set on Mountain View or Cupertino, you make a promotional video.

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Since then, not one but two razor-sharp parodies have popped up … One comes from the local rapper Spekulation, filled with voiceovers that get right to Seattle’s growing tech-dread:

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And another by one of Seattle’s most famous record labels, Sub Pop:

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