BNY Mellon Moves To 4-Day RTO Starting September 2

BNY Mellon (#130 on the Fortune 500 list) is the latest major financial institution to tighten its return-to-office policy.

Starting today, the company will require most employees to be in the office four days per week—up from three days in 2023.

Here’s everything we know about BNY Mellon’s updated return-to-office plan and past policies.

BNY Mellon’s RTO Timeline

March 7, 2022: Manager-led hybrid policy with 2 weeks/year global WFA

This is from the NY Times: “At BNY Mellon, managers will be permitted to determine which days employees are required to be in the office. Employees will also have the option to work anywhere in the world for two weeks each year.

‘It gives our teams the freedom and responsibility to determine the mix of remote and in-office experiences that will enable them to perform at their best,’ Thomas P. Gibbons, the firm’s chief executive, wrote in the memo.”

June 12, 2024: 3-days/week requirement announced by CEO

In an interview with Fortune, the CEO said employees are required to “spend more days than not” in the office.

This policy had been in place since the “first half of 2023,” according to Reuters.

April 30, 2025: Announced policy change to 4 days/week

From Reuters: “‘We believe that it is important that all of us spend more time together working, leading and learning from each other,’ BNY’s leaders wrote in the memo. ‘We’re committed to maintaining personal flexibility, and will continue to support remote work one day a week. We have no plans to return to 5 days in office unless circumstances were to demand otherwise.”

September 2, 2025: 4-day/week mandate goes into effect

The new policy will start to be enforced in the fall.

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