The ban on taking two consecutive remote days includes Friday to Monday and takes effect in mid-September, according to a policy update workers received this week.
Bank of America employees will no longer be able to work remotely on two consecutive days come September – including Friday to Monday, cutting out the loophole allowing for an extended stretch out of office.
Employees were notified of the change, which begins mid-September,t users
The restriction follows years of ramped-up return-to-office policies in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Bank of America is not requiring eligible employees to be in the office more than three days a week, the standard it’s heldsince 2022.
“We’ll have more flexibility than we did, on paper, before,” CEO Brian Moynihan said ahead of the 2022 change. But, he said, “we’ll have more formality to the flexibility.”
Client-facing employees are unaffected by September’s shift, as they are already working in the office five days a week.
The bank is spreading out remote days to support in-person collaboration and make better use of its real estate,Charlotte Business Journalreported. It also avoids overcrowding from Tuesday through Thursday, a spokesperson told theCharlotte Observer.
Bank spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Reddit userssurmised that the bankwas ramping up to require five days of attendance weekly. It wouldn’t be the first to do so: Truist, also based in Charlotte, has required all employees back in the office five days a weeksince January. JPMorgan Chase employees have been back at their corporate desks all weeksince January 2025.
