Switzerland Innovation Park East offers jobs for travellers
The Switzerland Innovation Park Ost and the St.Gallen railway station have created the possibility for travellers to bridge waiting times at specially equipped workstations. The initiative thus meets the need for flexible working.
In a pilot project, SBB and the Switzerland Innovation Park Ost are providing commuters with specially equipped workstations at St.Gallen station, according to a media release. Eight tables were built for this purpose by Agosti Meier AG from Waldkirch SG and equipped with electrical systems and wireless internet. Since 14 August, they have offered travellers the opportunity to creatively bridge waiting times.
They meet “a great customer need” for work at the station as well, Michael Disch of SBB’s real estate management is quoted as saying. “With this initiative, we are turning St.Gallen station into a productive workplace.” In addition to the existing co-working spaces on the Innovation Park Ost campus in the west of the city, the spaces set up in the St.Gallen station concourse now also represent an opportunity for exchange and networking.
The project is initially planned for three months. It is intended to provide food for thought for other similar projects. “Because with work and new ideas, it’s like travelling – if you never start, you can’t get anywhere,” Peter Frischknecht, Head of Campus at Switzerland Innovation Park East, is quoted as saying.