Virtual office

[1] Customers pay a contract fee for these services which may be offered à la carte, as packages or membership subscription.

[citation needed] Virtual office providers may also include digital capital such as cloud storage, web hosting, email and other web-based applications.

[citation needed] Also, according to the research, the attitudes and policies of employers in the virtual platform affect their employees' personal lives and productivity.

As an executive suite, lease became increasingly impractical for certain types and stages of business, it naturally opened the door to a virtual office concept.

[4] In the mid-20th century, professionals and executives began to examine ways to make more efficient use of the rising cost of real estate, personnel and other capital.

[citation needed] The most significant factor in the spread of virtual offices was the forced transition to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[citation needed] Coworking is a related trend in flexible workspaces that places an emphasis on users interacting with each other to create an organizational culture without working for the same company.