Hot-Desking is Bollocks!

HSBC has confirmed that top managers in its Canary Wharf HQ have lost their offices and will have to hot-desk on an open-plan floor.

The move comes as HSBC pursues plans to shrink its office space by 40% in a post-pandemic shake-up.

Chief executive Noel Quinn told the Financial Times it was "the new reality of life" and that he would no longer be in the office five days a week.

"We don't have a designated desk. You turn up and grab one," he added.

Hot-desking coupled with open plan offices is utterly dire, I would sympathise but they are HSBC so I won't!

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