Buccini/Pollin Group in Delaware Business: Best Practices for a Modern Workplace

Around this time last year, The Buccini/Pollin Group created their “Back to Work” task force in order to bring their 110 associates back into office in the Brandywine Building in Wilmington, DE as safely as possible. It was all hands on deck to provide the safest policies and daily adjustments in order to make this transition as easy as possible for associates.

“Our design team was tasked with designing and installing [3,000] signs and [300] bottles of hand sanitizer; facilities/property management/HR had to critically think about how best to handle office worker’s usage of the office pantry, the use of meeting space, the appropriate physical protection between work stations, the pedestrian circulation throughout the space; IT led research on the usage of technologies, including the text every employee receives in the morning checking in on their health; our president was personally responsible for figuring out the protocols and most efficient means of testing employees; and most recently HR partnered with a local nonprofit to create learning Pods for associates to have their children attend virtual school from a location near their workplace,” BPG Co-Founder Chris Buccini told Delaware Business, a Delaware State Chamber of Commerce publication, earlier this winter.

All associates returned to their desks in Downtown Wilmington on June 15, 2020. This was an opportunity for the company to stress test their plan, and after nearly a year of implementing these safe practices the Back To Work plan has been successful; they have been fortunate to not have had a single case of COVID-19 contracted from being in the office.

“Being back in the office certainly isn’t easy. We are vigilant about wearing masks, respecting social distancing, and the many protocols that are in place. But our state needs us to get back to work in a safe and reasonable way. We need to keep our local economy going. The pandemic has had a devastating effect on small businesses. Our staying home is destroying the sandwich shop, the dry cleaner, and the shoemaker. So put your mask on, continue to wash your hands, socially distance, and join BPG in getting back to work. Our city, our state, and our small businesses need you. We miss seeing you!”

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