JPMorgan executive calls for 'more hustle' after return to office mandate

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Source: Reuters

Exclusive-JPMorgan executive calls for 'more hustle' after return to office mandate

Lananh Nguyen and Nupur Anand
Mon, February 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM EST 2 min read

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A JPMorgan Chase executive told thousands of employees he wanted "more hustle" days after the bank's CEO Jamie Dimon scorned staff pushback against its five-day return-to-office policy.

The memo illustrates the tension between JPMorgan's emphasis on in-office culture and employees who cite its strong performance while flexible working policies were in place.

"We need more hustle and scrappiness," Rohan Amin, chief product officer of the Chase consumer business, wrote in a memo to more than 25,000 employees last week. He cited a call for feedback on artificial intelligence that prompted fewer than five responses, and gave another example in which internal bureaucracy blocked better results.

Some employees balked at Amin's criticism, according to two sources who declined to be identified discussing personnel matters. By contrast, another source said Amin received an influx of productive feedback in response to the latest memo.

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1. AP: JPMorgan posts record annual profits as major US banks thrive in the final quarter of 2024

https://apnews.com/article/jpmorgan-chase-bank-earnings-profit-38c5a832fdb4503d8483d6115b4a8ee1

It’s never enough.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I have almost never held a regular office job.

And when I did, I was astonished at how little of the time was spent at the desk working. Mostly they were socializing.

I was used to actually working for those eight hours. Standing in high heels on a concrete floor -- I was an airline ticket agent for a decade. Nothing I've done since then has been remotely as difficult.