St. Pete firm adds office 700 miles away — rather than lose employee

An accounting firm in St. Pete found a creative solution to keep an employee, who, for family reasons, needed to move 700 miles away.

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. June 20, 2023
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Alexia Pappas, third from left, is the tax manager and Knoxville office leader for St. Petersburg-based SBF. She's joined by Tennessee colleagues Stephanie Bias, Carter Kuntz, Caitybelle Montgomery, Jessica Turley and Lara Fett.
Alexia Pappas, third from left, is the tax manager and Knoxville office leader for St. Petersburg-based SBF. She's joined by Tennessee colleagues Stephanie Bias, Carter Kuntz, Caitybelle Montgomery, Jessica Turley and Lara Fett.
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Here’s a twist on the work remote trend giving many executives headaches: a St. Petersburg accounting firm decided to open an office in Tennessee rather than lose a valued manager to the Volunteer State.

The story is a bit more complicated, but that is essentially what Spoor Bunch Franz did when faced with the possible departure of tax manager Alexia Pappas.

 

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