The Swiss banking giant UBS resisted the continuation of remote work hawks like JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, who forced a complete return to the office. However, he removed a sheet from the approach of another rival.
In an internal memo released Thursday, reported for the first time by BeautifulUBS told staff that they would be required to work at the office at least three days a week. In addition, the bank told its 115,000 employees that they would no longer be able to work at home a Friday followed by a consecutive Monday.
“Our work approach is centered on the desktop with flexibility, and we ask our employees to be at the office at least three days a week. Spend enough time in the office with colleagues promotes the innovation, collaboration and productivity of the team, “said a UBS spokesperson Fortune.
The approach is similar to that of Deutsche Bank last year, which, recalling the staff in the office, attracted a New line in the sand By prohibiting remote Fridays and Mondays.
Many workers operating under a hybrid model opt to enter the office between Tuesday and Thursday, working remotely from their Mondays and Fridays. Fridays in particular have proven to be popular among bosses and employees as the day far away from choice.
The beautiful voices of the distant debate vs at the office maintain that this trend has created a habit of falling productivity all weekend while employees slow down on Saturday or increase more slowly for a Tuesday. The co -owner of Manchester United Jim Ratcliffe ordered his staff back to the office Full-time in May of last year, when he realized that the activity by e-mail plunged a Friday where most of the employees were distant.
A business problem like UBS is happier to tackle the public is space. Many companies have canceled offices during COVID-19 to reduce costs when remote work looked like a permanent solution.
UBS is no different. In London, the company has consolidated the staff of its Broadgate headquarters, where it sublets a space at the height of remote work, after having also chosen not to renew its lease at 1 Golden Lane. Meanwhile, the company has also joined employees of Credit Suisse newly acquired in its offices, putting another crunch in space. A decision to choose between a Monday and Friday should regulate attendance throughout the week.
Companies have also been frustrated by thousands of square meters of unused office spaces on the most unpopular Mondays and Fridays.
The move of UBS to balance offices working throughout the week is a gesture to better manage its offices. Deutsche Bank gave the same reasoning last year, CEO Christian Sewing saying that the motivation was to “spread our presence more uniformly throughout the week”.
The last policy introduced by UBS remains much more liberal than group competitors in the banking sector, including JPMorgan. The group forced a complete RTO mandate that started in March. Already, however, the staff have complain In the inadequate space, poor Wi-Fi and sick colleagues.
This story was initially presented on Fortune.com
