The policy change, which will impact approximately 300,000 JPMorgan employees, highlights the ongoing tension between corporate leadership and worker preferences in the post-pandemic era.

Employees were given the option to leave comments about the RTO mandate with their first and last names on display — and they did not hold back.

JPMorgan Chase’s decision to enforce a full-time return-to-office policy has sparked employee backlash, leading the bank to disable comments on an internal webpage where the policy was announced, according to a report.