The Financial Post reports in its Wednesday edition that financial professionals have a warning for their employers: Don't ask me to come in to the office more often, or I'll quit. A Bloomberg dispatch to the Post says that is the finding of the latest Markets Live Pulse survey, which found that roughly one in two people who work in finance would change jobs -- or already have -- if their managers required them to spend more time in the office. More than half of the 1,585 respondents globally, which included 1,320 financial professionals and 265 retail investors, prefer a hybrid arrangement, while only about 20 per cent favour working from the office. Returning to the office is still top of mind for many professionals. Pledging to quit over hybrid work is easier said under the veil of anonymity than followed through with actions. Wall Street firms have been among the loudest in pushing for a return to the office five days a week. JPMorgan ended remote work for its managing directors in April, saying they now must be in the office every weekday. The policy comes on the heels of comments from the bank's chief executive officer Jamie Dimon earlier this year that working from home "doesn't work" for younger staff or bosses.
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