{"id":27252,"date":"2017-06-09T01:25:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T05:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=27252"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:30:17","slug":"wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia","title":{"rendered":"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many entrepreneurs and innovators are setting up shop, returning to the city\u2019s center after decades in the suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there\u2019s a hitch\u2014businesses moving back into the city must pay a local wage tax, an additional cost many of them hadn\u2019t counted on. WeWork<\/a> announced it is working to help businesses shoulder these costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those businesses is TEKsystems<\/a>, an IT staffing, talent management, and services company. Based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, it recently took space for a dozen members of its regional sales and recruiting team at WeWork 1900 Market<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Montes McNelley, director of business operations at TEKsystems, says the WeWork\u2019s program is already helping the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKnowing we had the flexibility of the tax break made it a lot easier to get the space we needed within the budget we needed,\u201d says McNelley. \u201c<\/strong>It allowed us the flexibility to get more space than we were originally looking at. We are only a few weeks in, but so far it\u2019s been great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNelley says the WeWork office allows her team to cut down on their commute, and more importantly, get closer to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are closer to our customers,\u201d she says. \u201cWe are in IT services, so the space lends itself well to the people we work with. It\u2019s trendy, it\u2019s cool, so it\u2019s been a good fit for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With four locations<\/a> in the city\u2014in addition to 1900 Market, there\u2019s Northern Liberties<\/a>, Walnut St<\/a>, and 1601 Market<\/a>\u2014WeWork has committed up to $1 million dollars to help alleviate the burden of the Philadelphia Wage Tax. The goal is to bring more than 800 jobs back to the urban core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any company can qualify for the discount, from a startup with one or two employees to a more established company with dozens of staffers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WeWork is covering roughly 50 percent of the cost of the wage tax for any company that signs an agreement to move into a Philadelphia WeWork building through June 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the credit, we are saving about $100 a seat, which is significant for sure,\u201d says McNelley. \u201cIt was set up for companies doing exactly what we were doing, which made us feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many entrepreneurs and innovators are setting up shop, returning to the city\u2019s center after decades in the suburbs. But there\u2019s a hitch\u2014businesses moving back into the city must pay a local wage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":897,"featured_media":27255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43903,43911],"tags":[512],"class_list":["post-27252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-stories","category-member-spotlight","tag-impact"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many\u2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ideas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-09T05:25:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-26T19:30:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3107\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2074\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jennifer Mattson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jennifer Mattson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jennifer Mattson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/person\/1bbc32afd232f02e1c5ebd306128c6a5\"},\"headline\":\"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-09T05:25:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-26T19:30:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia\"},\"wordCount\":392,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074\",\"keywords\":[\"Impact\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Community Stories\",\"Member Spotlight\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia\",\"name\":\"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-09T05:25:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-26T19:30:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many\u2026\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074\",\"width\":3107,\"height\":2074,\"caption\":\"Photograph by Katelyn Perry\/The We Company\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"\/ideas\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Community Stories\",\"item\":\"\/ideas\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Member Spotlight\",\"item\":\"\/ideas\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/\",\"name\":\"Ideas\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WeWork\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/04\/welogo_black_55x55.jpg?fit=55%2C55\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/04\/welogo_black_55x55.jpg?fit=55%2C55\",\"width\":55,\"height\":55,\"caption\":\"WeWork\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/person\/1bbc32afd232f02e1c5ebd306128c6a5\",\"name\":\"Jennifer Mattson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd035f07dc6abaf8f1074bc0aa76021edecee69b141b1c008386fd7ea9f75c7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd035f07dc6abaf8f1074bc0aa76021edecee69b141b1c008386fd7ea9f75c7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jennifer Mattson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/author\/jennifermattson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia","description":"The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many\u2026","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia","og_description":"The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia","og_site_name":"Ideas","article_published_time":"2017-06-09T05:25:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-02-26T19:30:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":3107,"height":2074,"url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jennifer Mattson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jennifer Mattson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia"},"author":{"name":"Jennifer Mattson","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/person\/1bbc32afd232f02e1c5ebd306128c6a5"},"headline":"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia","datePublished":"2017-06-09T05:25:14+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-26T19:30:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia"},"wordCount":392,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074","keywords":["Impact"],"articleSection":["Community Stories","Member Spotlight"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia","url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia","name":"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074","datePublished":"2017-06-09T05:25:14+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-26T19:30:17+00:00","description":"The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many\u2026","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074","width":3107,"height":2074,"caption":"Photograph by Katelyn Perry\/The We Company"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/wework-helps-businesses-moving-philadelphia#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"\/ideas"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Stories","item":"\/ideas"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Member Spotlight","item":"\/ideas"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/","name":"Ideas","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#organization","name":"WeWork","url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/04\/welogo_black_55x55.jpg?fit=55%2C55","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/04\/welogo_black_55x55.jpg?fit=55%2C55","width":55,"height":55,"caption":"WeWork"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/person\/1bbc32afd232f02e1c5ebd306128c6a5","name":"Jennifer Mattson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd035f07dc6abaf8f1074bc0aa76021edecee69b141b1c008386fd7ea9f75c7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd035f07dc6abaf8f1074bc0aa76021edecee69b141b1c008386fd7ea9f75c7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jennifer Mattson"},"url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/author\/jennifermattson"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/WeWork-Helps-Out-Businesses-Moving-into-Philadelphia.jpg?fit=3107%2C2074","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/897"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27252"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61630,"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27252\/revisions\/61630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}