I considered including this in the Coronavirus thread but realized that this sort of thing is going to impact commercial real estate values, the construction industry, and any number of other things. Even office cleaning staff is going to be affected.

EXCLUSIVE PwC offers U.S. employees full-time remote work
By Jessica DiNapoli

Accounting and consulting firm PwC told Reuters on Thursday it will allow all its 40,000 U.S. client services employees to work virtually and live anywhere they want in perpetuity, making it one of the biggest employers to embrace permanent remote work.

The policy is a departure from the accounting industry's rigid attitudes, known for encouraging people to put in late nights at the office. Other major accounting firms, such as Deloitte and KPMG, have also been giving employees more choice to work remotely in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PwC's deputy people leader, Yolanda Seals-Coffield, said in an interview that ...

https://www.reuters.com/business/exclus ... 021-09-30/