Bloomberg among most aggressive in return to office strategies

Alex Sherman of CNBC examines how news organizations such as Bloomberg are returning to the office.

Sherman writes, “Bloomberg LP is among the most aggressive organizations in getting its employees back to work. Bloomberg owns offices around the world, spending millions of dollars to decorate them with fish tanks, transparent walls, curved escalators and digital signs that show reporter headlines and real-time market movements. Bloomberg has journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries.

“According to a Bloomberg spokesperson, the company’s post-pandemic goal is to recreate a pre-pandemic environment. Employees will come back to the office once they can safely do so.

“‘As a firm, we remain committed to making our offices the safest environment for everyone to come together and collaborate,’ Bloomberg LP founder and CEO Mike Bloomberg wrote to all employees in an internal February memo obtained by CNBC. ‘That way of working is central to who we are at Bloomberg, and the buzz in our buildings will resume and grow stronger each day into 2021. After all, it’s our people who make Bloomberg such a great place to work.’

“Bloomberg noted that special circumstances based on family situations would be accommodated, but he also stressed workers should get vaccinated as soon as possible.

“‘As vaccines become available, we expect people to take advantage of the safety they provide and return to the office,’ Bloomberg wrote.”

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