More money for commuting and childcare.
A return-to-office requirement from the World Bank is producing grumbling among its staff, although the development lender is giving employees more money for commuting and childcare. The new president of the Washington-based bank, Ajay Banga, is pushing ahead with plans to have employees work in the office four days a week by September 5.
“We need greater interaction, collaboration and physical proximity,” Banga and top officials said in the memo. “It will require us to sit around a table, meet new people in the halls, brainstorm ideas over lunch and bond over a coffee.” The World Bank’s move comes as high-profile companies including Amazon.com Inc are pushing to get more of their workers back in the office.
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