Well, it was fun while it lasted, but after six months of working from home, senior staffers in sales and trading for JPMorgan Chase have been ordered to return to the office on Sept. 21.

The edict came down during a morning conference call led by Troy Rohrbaugh and Marc Badrichani, the respective heads of sales and trading for JPMorgan Chase, according to a report in the New York Post.

Rohrbaugh and Badrichani told staff that "camaraderie" and staff development for junior team members were the reasons staff was requested to return to the office.

Concessions for staff members dealing with medical or child care issues will be made if necessary.

In March, JPMorgan followed instructions by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to have employees "shelter at home" in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Employees at the bank, along with other industries, worked remotely from home for the next six months.

JPMorgan is the first Wall Street bank to order workers to return, although others are expected to follow the bank's lead. It's unclear how the industry at large will handle social distancing, but JPMorgan's investment banking chief, Daniel Pinto, told his staff he is planning on a rotating schedule that will be in effect indefinitely in order to keep fewer people in the office.

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