Goldman, Deutsche Ask U.K. Staff to Work at Home on Lockdown
- U.K. units bring in measures that will empty London offices
- Deutsche Bank has 8,000 U.K. staff, Goldman more than 5,000
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG have informed staff that only essential employees can work from their U.K. offices after Boris Johnson announced a new nationwide lockdown to arrest a second wave of the coronavirus.
“We will substantially reduce the numbers of colleagues working from the office,” said Tiina Lee, Deutsche Bank’s U.K. chief executive officer, in a memo Sunday. “We must ensure only those that cannot carry out their role from home are in the office.”