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Who is the biggest supporter of remote work? Jamie Dimon says he knows.
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“Only the middleman complained a lot,” said JPMorgan Chase CEO.
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The bank announced in January that the company required employees to return to the office five days a week.
Jamie Dimon said that when it comes to the overturn of the RTO, the usual culprit is “the man in the middle.”
JPMorgan Chase CEO talked about the bank’s return authorization in a recent interview at Stanford Business School.
“If you work in a restaurant, you have to join. You may not know that, but 60% of Americans have been working,” he said. He may be referring to the pandemic. “Where do you get Amazon packaging? Your beef, your meat, your vodka? Where do you get diapers?”
Dimon’s ardent criticism of remote work has made him a champion of the cultural transformation of the return office, and he seems to be talking about people who work in person during the pandemic.
“You got UPS, FedEx, manufacturers, agriculture, hospitals, cities, schools, nurses, health and firefighters and military. They all worked.” “There are only those in the middle who complain a lot.”
White-collar workers usually have more freedom in places where they can perform their jobs, and have responded to the tasks of returning to school in recent years. Some people postpone or question such tasks, or even resign.
JPMorgan Chase announced in January that the company will return to the office five days a week starting in March.
Dimon said he understood that executing the RTO might drive some employees to resign, but said he was happy with it.
“I totally respect people who don’t want to go to the office five days a week. It’s your right. It’s my right. It’s citizens’ right.” “But they should respect the company that will decide what is good for customers, companies, etc., not individuals.”
Dimon also said one of the reasons he wanted people to return to the office was that “young people were left behind.” He added: “Let the young people come in, but without the boss, I have problems, too.”
JPMorgan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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