Big Four Sketching a Playbook for Post-Pandemic Workspace

Concerned about the safety of their staff and clients, the largest U.S. accounting firms are in no rush to return their professionals to offices, airports, and client sites around the country.

The firms are preparing, though, for an eventual return to the workplace even as they continue to keep their armies of accountants, auditors, and consultants at home. When offices do eventually reopen, masks, temperature checks, and contact tracing apps to monitor interaction with co-workers could await them.

For now, even within states that have begun to relax stay-at-home restrictions, the firms stress that remote work will remain the norm ...