Microsoft recommends WA and CA employees work from home

Re:Microsoft recommends WA and CA employees work from home by stygiansonic on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:31PM (#22490400)

Where does it say CA employees? Does Bay Area in the context of Puget Sound mean SF Bay Area?

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Re:Microsoft recommends WA and CA employees work from home by evil-olive on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:08PM (#22490604)

Yes. No one in Seattle would call here the "Bay Area". We do have Elliot Bay [0] but not an "Elliot Bay Area" - Seattle and its environs are referred to as the Puget Sound [1] region.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodies_of_water_of_Seattle#/me...

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound#/media/File:Map_pu...

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Re:Microsoft recommends WA and CA employees work from home by samcheng on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:08PM (#22490600)

Yes; when you say "Bay Area" in Washington and Oregon, you generally mean SF Bay Area.

Maybe an exception for those living in Coos Bay?

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Re:Microsoft recommends WA and CA employees work from home by c-bayprogrammer on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:43PM (#22490764)

Yes, those of us in Coos Bay and the nearby region refer to this tiny little area as the "Bay Area". Growing up, I didn't realize SF was the "real" Bay Area. ;)

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Re:Microsoft recommends WA and CA employees work from home by stygiansonic on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:15PM (#22490638)

Thanks for the explanations everyone. I was confused because the title at [0] says "Kurt DelBene’s March 4 guidance to King County employees", but Bay Area is only mentioned in one of the headings. Thanks for the clarifications.

0. https://news.microsoft.com/2020/03/04/kurt-delbenes-march-4-...

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Re:Microsoft recommends WA and CA employees work from home by warmfuzzykitten on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:36PM (#22490728)

Hard to see how any part of the SF Bay Area could be in King County.

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