Many Snohomish County workers decided that snow days aren’t just for kids and stayed home Tuesday.
One of the companies most affected by the weather was Premera Blue Cross.
The insurance company opened its Mountlake Terrace headquarters and other offices in the morning, but decided to send its employees home at noon after many didn’t make it in.
“I just knew the weather was going to get worse as the day wore on,” said spokesman Chris Jarvis, who spent the day taking calls at his north Seattle home.
The Boeing Co.’s Everett factory was open and operating Tuesday, although a number of people stayed home.
Spokesman Dean Tougas, among those who worked from home, said about 7,000 Boeing workers around Puget Sound are cleared to telecommute. He also noted the company last month opened four satellite offices in south King County where workers can hook up to the Boeing network closer to home.
Intermec Technologies Corp. in Everett started its early manufacturing shift as usual, said spokeswoman Kathie Jackson Anderson. But some workers were given the option of going home early, “primarily because of concern that we’d get further snow,” she said.
At ICOS Corp., which employees more than 500 people at its headquarters in Bothell, most people made it in, said spokeswoman Lacy Fitzpatrick.
Kevin Laverty, at Verizon’s regional headquarters in Everett, said the same was true there, although he noticed more empty parking spots than usual.
There were no reports of damage from the snow and ice, but the weather did lead to higher-than-normal call volumes and Internet traffic, he said.
Reporter Eric Fetters: 425-339-3453 or fetters@heraldnet.com.
DAN BATES / The Herald
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