Remote Working

Leaked audio: Here’s what JPMorgan CEO Dimon said about hiring and remote work

Dimon says the younger generation have been damaged by hybrid working

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How the battle for hybrid work is turning into a war among City firms

City firms have moved from a light-touch approach to lure employees back to the office after the pandemic, to demands with consequences attached

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Why office space is a ‘primary pain point’ for banks

Banks mull office-space loan exposure as they prepare for a slow boil

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Are remote workers more creative?

A new study suggests that when employees from one company run into employees from another company, creative sparks fly

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Mark Mullen, CEO of Atom Bank said the positive findings at Atom Bank, said this result may not be 'easy for executives at older companies to hear'

Atom Bank boss: How a four-day week pushed up profit and lowered staff absence

CEO Mark Mullen: 'We have seen a reduction in recruitment costs, a fall in unwanted staff attrition, lower absences due to sickness and higher employee engagement'

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McKinsey has predicted that Generation Z and Millennials will spend an average of 4.7 hours per day in the metaverse by 2027

The metaverse is already here. Now it’s coming for the workplace

FN takes a trip into Accenture’s virtual reality office. Could it really upend our working lives?

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'Do I believe at Standard Chartered we’ve got a concerted plan around job cuts? No.'

StanChart HR boss: We have no plans for major job cuts

Tanuj Kapilashrami said hybrid employees are more productive than their peers who work 100% from home or the office

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Jane Fraser said Citigroup is not beyond dragging employees back into the office if they are not performing at home

Davos Day 3: Transport woes, mediocre jobs and crypto parties

Financial News' on-the-ground coverage of the major happenings at the World Economic Forum in Davos

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‘Fear of missing out’ is driving people back to the office, according to Columbia Threadneedle’s chief executive

‘FOMO’ pushes staff back to office as asset manager settles on hybrid working

The vast majority of Columbia Threadneedle's London-based staff are now back in the office three days a week

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Staff now have a host of options open to them on how to work

Give us hybrid working or we’ll resign, workers say

The majority of employees say flexible working is 'fundamental' to retention at companies

PwC staff will be able to finish early on Fridays this summer

PwC staff to clock off at lunchtime on Fridays this summer

‘Summer hours’ scheme proved popular last year

A poll of 1,237 managers, 41% of whom work in the private sector, shows firms are offering staff flexibility over which days to come into the office, with two-thirds saying this was prompted by the pandemic

Hybrid working will hang around, according to managers

Leaders are moving to split time between home and the office, but challenges remain despite a potential productivity boost

Kirkland, base in the Gherkin, will see more staff return to the iconic building

Kirkland & Ellis shocks staff with stricter-than-expected office mandate

'It is certainly more fun,' Kirkland's chair praises in-office working amid a mandate that workers come in on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

The UK's autumn and winter plan would allow workers to continue going into work and scrap the vaccine passport programme

What’s ahead for the City this winter: Working from home, vaccine passports and masks

Masks, vaccine passports and remote working on the table for winter if cases spike

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The rate of people going out to eat is getting firmly back on track after three national lockdowns

Four indicators tracking the UK’s return to work this summer

The UK is getting back to the office, having dinner in restaurants and jetting off abroad after Covid

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City working will look different, but is London ready for a return?

London, Paris and Frankfurt: Five charts tracking the return to work

Although London continues to lag behind European counterparts on a return to the office, the reasons for home working are the same in Paris and Frankfurt

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