From hip to home: Company known for cutting edge office life shifts to remote

St. Petersburg insurance company Squaremouth thrived when the office was fun. Now it'll see what happens when the office is at home.

MARK WEMPLE: (L to R) Megan Moncrief, Anna Gernandt and Steven Benna work in Squaremouth's St.Petersburg office. The company has adopted a remote work model, but is keeping office space for employees to congregate.
MARK WEMPLE: (L to R) Megan Moncrief, Anna Gernandt and Steven Benna work in Squaremouth's St.Petersburg office. The company has adopted a remote work model, but is keeping office space for employees to congregate.
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It’s hard to pinpoint, exactly, when it became OK to slack off at work. Probably, most would say, it was in the 1990s, during the Clinton Administration, when ping pong tables and gyms and bars began to show up in offices.

 

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