St. Pete 2.0: The Changing Dynamic of the Workplace in the Covid-19 Era [Survey Results]

The St. Petersburg renaissance has been in full swing for more than a decade. We’ve excelled in many areas and struggled in others. In our series St. Pete 2.0, we’re partnering with the St. Pete Catalyst to explore what lies on the other side of our potential – what will it take to move to the “next level” as a city? Through this series, we’ll dig into specific topics with the hope that you, our thoughtful citizens, will share your insight, experience and wisdom.

Covid-19 has had a dramatic impact on the way we live and play, and especially on how we work. These days, working from home and spending hours in Zoom meetings has become the new normal, even for those of us who could never imagine not being in the office every day. As we wait for a vaccine, some companies are offering employees the opportunity to work from home indefinitely, while others are experimenting with alternating schedules to prevent having too many people in the office at once. How these trends will impact the growth and development of office space, which is one of the Downtown Partnership’s top priorities for 2021, remains to be seen. But one thing is for sure – our workforce is resilient and we’re finding creative ways to get the job done even in the midst of a global pandemic.

In this edition of St. Pete 2.0, we asked our readers and members of the Downtown Partnership to identify how Covid has changed the way they work. We received responses from both employees and employers at companies of all sizes from across the Tampa Bay area.

Click here to read what they had to say on the St. Pete Catalyst.

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