Much of the return-to-work conversation has pitted employer versus employee, with leadership pushing for in-office attendance while workers demand more flexible options. But a new survey of executives in the financial services industry reveals there is more middle ground than meets the eye.
Despite the financial industry being ranked as one of the most remote-friendly, a number of its major players have put forth partial or full return-to-office mandates for their leaders, if not their entire workforce, including JPMorgan, BlackRock and Goldman Sachs. Interestingly, in Deloitte’s recent workplace engagement survey of mid-level to executive financial professionals, 66% responded that they would likely leave their current job if they were asked to return to the office full-time, with both men and women placing value on workplace flexibility. Among this group, caregivers — men and women alike — were especially impacted, being 1.3 times more likely to leave their company if remote work was no longer an option.
