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The D.C.-based daily deals company LivingSocial has shut the doors of its office in Seattle, though according to a report, rather than fire its employees there, the company is having them work remotely.

News of the closure was first reported yesterday by Forbes, which also writes that with their office closing, many LivingSocial’s Seattle employees are making a run for it.

LivingSocial spokeswoman Sara Parker tells DCist that the company is evaluating its staffing and real estate needs. “While we did indeed eliminate the physical office space in Seattle, our employees based there will be working from home,” she says. LivingSocial has fewer than 40 employees in Seattle, Parker says, who are involved in sales, marketing, and event production.

It’s been a bumpy ride for LivingSocial over the past several months. The company, which is supposed to be profitable by 2015 if it hopes to cash in on a $32.5 million tax rebate from the District government, posted a $44 million loss in the first quarter of 2013. That report came on the heels of a $110 million funding round, which the company disputes was raised in an emergency to stave off bankruptcy.

LivingSocial also finished 2012 down by $650 million. Its turbulent year was also marked by a round of layoffs in which it cut 400 employees, including 160 across its offices in D.C., or more than 10 percent of its local workforce.

But Parker says the company is hiring right now, at least in Arizona. She says the company has doubled the size of its presence in Tucson, where it has a customer service call center.