Spanish-owned bank Santander has toughened up its approach to hybrid working, telling its staff to spend the equivalent of three days a week at its offices across Britain.
In details sent to 10,000 office-based staff last week, Santander said its current policy of letting them work two days a week at one of its sites was being replaced by an attendance requirement of 12 days a month — in essence, three days a week.
The move came in the same week that professional services firm PwC told its 26,000 employees in Britain that they had to be at one of its offices or client sites “a minimum of three days a week”, up from two to three days previously.
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