- Citadel, Blackstone Inc., and Millennium Management are among investment firms asking their employees to work remotely now.
- This decision came as a response to the latest spike in Covid cases as a result of the spread of the Omicron variant.
- Ken Griffin's Citadel was among the first to bring people back to the office, but now it isn't mandating employees to stay home.
- Blackstone and Carlyle Group Inc. have told their employees to work from home for the remainder of the year.
- Izzy Englander's Millennium told staff that they can work remotely till January.
- While some companies are asking their employees to work remotely some others like D.E.Shaw and Two Sigma Investments are planning to delay their return to office plans.