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Like many workplaces around the world, the Monument Group closed its West Lake Hills office in mid-March last year.
The future was suddenly uncertain as the global coronavirus pandemic struck. None of the 15 employees in the Texas-based communications firm had any way of knowing when they would return to their desks.
Just before the pandemic, the company had purchased new office furniture and finished outfitting the 8,000-plus square feet of space it owns in Austin, fully expecting to beef up hiring.
That staff expansion was put on hold.
Scott Dunaway, a partner in the firm, emailed his employees. It was March 13, 2020.