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Google is also offering four weeks per year where employees can work from anywhere they want. Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gettty Images hide caption

Kristy Miller gets away from her home office in Charlotte, N.C., with her dogs, Oreo and Dabo. Kristy Miller hide caption

2020 made moving a reality for millions of Americans. Some moved to be near family, others chose to pursue their pre-pandemic pipe dreams and move to distant locations in pursuit of a better lifestyle and a cheaper cost of living. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption

As many as 23 million Americans are planning to relocate as telework becomes the new normal, according to a new survey. Ken Wramton/Getty Images hide caption

When the pandemic first hit, corporate executives thought video meetings were awesome and productive. Now, CEOs are questioning how much those meetings really achieve. Alistair Berg/Getty Images hide caption

People stand in the lobby of Amazon offices in New York in January 2019. At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in New York and five other U.S. cities. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption

Google announced some employees could return to company offices over the summer but said most of the tech giant's employees would likely be allowed to work from home for the rest of the year. Michael Liedtke/AP hide caption

Professor Robert Kelly, his wife, Kim Jung-A, and their children Marion and James spoke to the BBC about the challenge of balancing work and family life during the coronavirus crisis. BBC / Screenshot by NPR hide caption