Two companies, both major players in their respective industries, in recent days have indicated that they are shifting their workforce policies to emphasize working from home. 

JPMorgan Chase is one of these companies. Its employees will be working remotely part time, cycling between their homes and the office, Daniel Pinto, the bank's co-president, told CNBC"Depending on the type of business, you may be working one week a month from home, or two days a week from home, or two weeks a month," he said.

The other is Ford Motor Co., which is redesigning its office space for a future in which many of its employees will work remotely at least some of the time, Jackie Shuk, a global director at Ford's real-estate arm, told the Wall Street Journal. 

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.