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HSBC’s Noel Quinn sees 50% cut to bank’s travel budget: It would be a ‘shame’ to go back to how things were pre-Covid

Seventy percent of HSBC's staff would prefer a hybrid working system, said Noel Quinn

By Bérengère Sim
Among HSBC's employees, 70% would prefer a hybrid work model, HSBC chief executive Noel Quinn said
Among HSBC's employees, 70% would prefer a hybrid work model, HSBC chief executive Noel Quinn said Photo: Getty Images

HSBC does not want to go back to the way the office was pre-pandemic, according to chief executive Noel Quinn.

“It would be a shame if we all went back to the way it was where we were flying around the world for one-day trips here and two-day trips there,” Quinn said in a 2 September interview with Bloomberg.

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