{"id":315854,"date":"2021-08-05T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T15:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wells-fargo-blackrock-delay-office-returns-over-rising-covid-cases\/"},"modified":"2021-08-05T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T15:35:09","slug":"wells-fargo-blackrock-delay-office-returns-over-rising-covid-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wells-fargo-blackrock-delay-office-returns-over-rising-covid-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"#Wells Fargo, BlackRock delay office returns over rising COVID cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Wells Fargo, BlackRock delay office returns over rising COVID cases<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Wells Fargo and BlackRock announced Thursday that they\u2019re pushing back their return-to-office plans to October amid rising cases of COVID-19. <\/p>\n<p>Wells Fargo, the largest workforce of any US bank with almost 260,000 employees, said it will start calling workers back to the office on Oct. 4, rather than Sept. 7, as previously planned, according to an internal memo from Chief Operating Officer Scott Powell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delta variant does not change the basic facts: vaccinated people are at lower risk of becoming infected with Covid-19, and much lower risk of becoming seriously ill and requiring hospitalization if they do become infected,\u201d Powell wrote in the memo. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"An employee sits in the window of a Wells Fargo bank branch\" class=\"wp-image-19032041 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wells Fargo will start calling workers back to the office on Oct. 4.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wells Fargo is giving workers\u00a0eight hours paid time off to get vaccinated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease take advantage of the extra time off that Wells Fargo offers for you to get vaccinated,\u201d Powell added.<\/p>\n<p>Moments after Wells Fargo\u2019s decision was reported, BlackRock, the\u00a0world\u2019s largest asset manager, announced they\u2019re also pushing back their return-to-office plans to Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"BlackRock, Inc.\" class=\"wp-image-19031996 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/wells-fargo-blackrock-office-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>BlackRock announced that they are pushing back their return-to-office plans to October 1.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Erik McGregor\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blackrock had previously announced a \u201cre-acclimation period\u201d from from July 1 through Sept. 1, during which people were not required to come into the office, but any employee who wanted to go to the office had to be vaccinated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this extended re-acclimation period, we will continue to allow only fully vaccinated individuals in our U.S. offices,\u201d the company said in an internal memo, which was obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will provide an update on our Future of Work pilot in early September and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; 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