Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser told staff that she is banning internal video calls on Fridays. She is encouraging staff to set boundaries for a healthier work-life balance and instituting a firm-wide holiday called Citi Reset Day. This is as the pandemic fatigue takes a toll on employees. Click to watch; Citigroup CEO Calls for Zoom-Free Fridays on CNBC
According to CNCB, Fraser took over for predecessor Mike Corbat this month. She told staff of the changes in a memo sent Monday afternoon to her 210,000 employees around the world, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
She also laid the framework for what work will look like at Citigroup. Citi is the third-biggest U.S. bank by assets, once more employees return to offices.
″The blurring of lines between home and work and the relentlessness of the pandemic workday have taken a toll on our well-being,” Fraser said in the memo. “It’s simply not sustainable. Since a return to any kind of new normal is still a few months away for many of us, we need to reset some of our working practices.”
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