On 01 October the UK consulting giant announced it would be allowing all its 40,000 US client-facing staff to work 100% remotely, and from anywhere within continental USA. Prior to this launch the group had implemented full-time remote working for 7,000 of its US staff, who were working primarily in the HR and legal departments. Only employees who cannot work outside the office, such as those in the IT department, will be excluded from this ground-breaking policy for the time being.
“We have learned a ton through the pandemic, and working virtually, as we think about the evolution of flexibility, is a natural next step,” said Yolanda Seals-Coffield, deputy people leader at PwC, in a statement. The group, which has a total of 55,000 employees in the US, announced the major change in a memo to its employees in the week commencing 27 September. Employees now have two weeks to inform their managers on how they plan to work going forward. However, PwC warned that their salaries
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