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Goldman Sachs memo urges only essential workers to come to office after UK lockdown tightens

The bank says that it will ‘continue with our in-office essential approach announced in December’

Goldman Sachs have told staff in their London staff that the bank will need to follow an approach that relies on “caution and flexibility” and say employees should come into the office if essential
Goldman Sachs have told staff in their London staff that the bank will need to follow an approach that relies on “caution and flexibility” and say employees should come into the office if essential Photo: Jason Alden/Getty Images

Goldman Sachs has told London staff that only essential employees should come into the office, as large investment banks prepare to overhaul their workforces again in the wake of a fresh nationwide Covid-19 lockdown in the UK.

The bank will “continue with our in-office essential approach announced in December”, said an internal memo sent by Goldman Sachs International chief executive, Richard Gnodde, on 4 January seen by Financial News. The bank will need to follow an approach that demands “caution and flexibility from all of us”, the memo added.

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