May 24 (Reuters) - Citigroup ( C/PN ), HSBC Holdings ( HSBC )
and Barclays ( JJCTF ) are ordering more staffers to
report to company offices five days a week, Bloomberg News
reported late on Thursday.
Citi has asked about 600 U.S. employees, who were earlier
eligible to work remotely, to commute to company offices
full-time, the report said, citing a statement from the lender.
The majority of Citi's staff can continue their hybrid
schedules, working up to two days a week outside the office, it
said.
London-based Barclays ( JJCTF ) mandated that thousands of its global
investment banking staff must work in the office or travel to
meet clients five days a week starting June 1, the Bloomberg
report said.
Meanwhile, HSBC ( HSBC ) is talking to almost half of its
workforce in New York, around 530 employees, about shifting
regulations, the report said, citing an interview with the
bank's head of human resources for the U.S. and Americas.
The firm is trying to let as many people as possible retain
the option of logging in from home if they would like to, the
report added.
Citi, HSBC ( HSBC ) and Barclays ( JJCTF ) did not immediately respond to
Reuters' requests for comment.