BNY return to office policy4 days a week.

What the policy says.

• Applies to roughly 51,000 employees; most managers had already moved to four days in January 2025.
• One remote day a week is kept.
• 'Work from anywhere' allows two weeks a year of remote work.
• A two-week year-end 'recharge period' with remote work and fewer internal meetings continues.
• The memo came from the executive committee; stated reasons were collaboration, faster response to markets and client service. A spokesperson confirmed the Reuters report.

How BNY's policy changed since 2020.

1. March 2020

   Office staff go remote

2. February 2022

   Hybrid return; managers set office days; two weeks a year work-from-anywhere

3. 2023

   Three office days a week required

4. January 2025

   Managers move to four office days

5. April 30, 2025

   Memo: all employees to four days by Sept 2, 2025

6. September 2, 2025

   Four-day requirement takes effect

Sources and how sure we are.

1. 1.BNY asks employees to return to office four days a week by September Reuters (via Yahoo Finance), April 30, 2025
2. 2.BNY ups in-office requirement to 4 days per week Banking Dive, May 1, 2025
3. 3.BNY Mellon calls workers back to office four days a week from September FStech, May 2, 2025
4. 4.What banks are doing about workers returning to the office American Banker, August 17, 2026
5. 5.RTO companies tracker Archie, October 1, 2026

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Other finance employers, side by side.

• Fidelity Investments5 days a week, since September 20265
• Goldman Sachs5 days a week, since June 20215
• JPMorgan Chase5 days a week, since March 20255
• PNC5 days a week, since May 20265
• Truist5 days a week, since January 20265
• BlackRock4 days a week, since September 20234
• Charles Schwab4 days a week, since March 20264
• State Street4 days a week, since November 20234

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