From Paris to New York, via London or Frankfurt, major business districts around the world have been ghostly for 14 months, most of them fearful virus and teleworking. With the health crisis, each country has indeed taken different measures, and is now organizing itself in its own way in the face of the gradual reopening. This is particularly the case on Wall Street, closed for eight weeks in the spring of last year, when the health protocol was finally relaxed.
An “example for the rest of the business world”
Since May 2020, telecommuting was the rule within the New York Stock Exchange and very few brokers or traders were present on the spot. So the news of a virtual return to normal has delighted more than one. “This is one more step towards a return to normalcy. We have more freedom to welcome more employees on site. Even if it will always be necessary to respect social distancing, it will come closer to what we knew before, ”says Jay Woods, chief strategy officer at a brokerage firm.
While teleworking is still very widespread in the United States, several large American banks indeed want to set an example and are in favor of a gradual return of their teams. Like Goldman Sachs, which plans to bring back its employees in mid-June. According to Jay Woods, Wall Street may be an example. “We closed because it was …
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