The CEO has had it with staff complaining about his strict return-to-office orders. Leaks from a company town hall meeting also indicate he views the bank’s DEI programs as 'wasted money.'

JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon has made it clear that employees unwilling to comply with the company's full return-to-office mandate should consider working elsewhere. Speaking at a recent town hall meeting,

JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon, right, speaking at Columbus Business First's Power Breakfast on Feb. 12, 2025. Interviewing him were Nick Fortine, Business First's publisher, left, and Emory Thomas, vice president of local markets for Business First parent American City Business Journals.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon scorned calls from some employees to soften the bank's five-day return-to-office policy in an animated town hall meeting on Wednesday, according to a recording reviewed by Reuters.

Workers at the largest US bank have complained in internal chats about losing hybrid working arrangements, and one group launched an online petition.

CEO Jamie Dimon raised eyebrows last month when he announced that he was axing remote work from JPMorgan’s company culture. Currently, about 30% of JPMorgan's 300,000 employees have a hybrid schedule where they work from the office only three or four days a week,