Staff scolded for leaving office before 1am

As an HR professional, you’re probably aware that your people need time away from work in order to rest, relax, and come back refreshed the next day.

However, at Wall Street boutique investment bank Moelis & Co, different rules seem to apply. According to the Financial Times, a mid-level banker sent a 12:30am email to the firm’s analysts, complaining he had just walked around the New York office and found many had left the office for the night.

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“I know that you are ALL working very hard and are stretched thin across multiple projects,” he wrote. “Given that new staffings continue to flow in and you are all very near capacity, the only way I can think of to differentiate among you is to see who is in the office in the wee hours of the morning.”

He goes on to add that staff are probably still working at home using their docking stations, but they “should stay in the office because the connection is faster… and you have access to firm resources.”