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An Accenture survey of 400 North American financial-services executives found that almost 80% prefer for workers to spend four to five days in the office when the pandemic is over. The majority say remote work is making it difficult to train younger people and is hurting company culture. There’s just one problem: Many employees want to maintain flexibility after proving they can stay productive from home.
“You’ve seen the senior executives sitting in their office and there’s nobody behind them,” said Laurie McGraw, who leads Accenture’s capital markets industry team in North America. “And then you see the entry-level folks starved for in-person interaction because they need to be coached on a more regular basis. And then there’s the vast middle that’s content to be home.” Tracking the forces driving change Sign up for the Bloomberg Equality newsletter. Email Sign Up By submitting my information, I agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service and to receive offers and promotions from Bloomberg.
