My start date at work is 2 months into the lockdowns, 2020. I would not have a job if it weren't for the pandemic. When the recruiter contacted me and we were

My start date at work is 2 months into the lockdowns, 2020. I would not have a job if it weren't for the pandemic. When the recruiter contacted me and we were doing the initial negotiations, I was told about the prospective work site, and I understood it to be a few miles away and an easy commute. But I also had reason to suspect that it was all the way across town, with a very difficult 3+ hour commute. The recruiter assured me that she'd work it out for the former, but that turned out not to be true. Except when the lockdowns hit, we all moved to virtual spaces, and so the physical location was taken completely out of consideration, and I was able to easily WFH for the next 6 months in the contract. I found out later, that the commute home would have been actually impossible, because I wouldn't have finished until 10pm, and the buses stopped running before then. Later, I was to be "rehired" for another role that is 100% remote. Now, my employer had satellite offices around these United States, and one of them really close by to me. I asked twice for a tour, but nobody was willing to oblige me. Earlier this year, employer closed all offices except two. So now for me and all my coworkers, there is literally noplace to RTO to. It's absolute bliss, I tell you, without that sword of Damocles.