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Goldman Sachs Chief Executive David Solomon said he spent every day in the office at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
“It wasn’t a decision, like I woke up one day and said, ‘I’m going to be in the office every day during the pandemic,’” Solomon told The Boardroom: Out of Office podcast.
“We were in the office and … even though we were sending people home — I just felt more comfortable — and I also think it sent the right message that the captain was kind of hands on the wheel of the ship,” he said.
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“I’d bundle up and I’d walk to work, walk home sometimes, really quiet, really peaceful. There were only 60 out of 10,000 people in our building,” he added. “But I think it sent the right message and for me the structure made it easier to operate in what was a challenging time.”
The bank paused its planned office return in the UK after Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked office workers to go back to working from home as the City braces for a second wave of infections. In a memo to staff, Goldman GS,
It’s a reversal from earlier this month, when bosses told staff they would ramp up bringing employees back to the office after months of home-working.
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