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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff

‘Hold them captive’: Australian billionaire boss aims to end staff going out for coffee

Chris Ellison: head and shoulders portrait photo of stern, burly-looking man in his mid-to-late 60s
Chris Ellison, the managing director of Mineral Resources, a mining firm worth about A$8bn, said he had a ‘no-work-from-home policy’. Photograph: MinRes

A billionaire mining boss who has already banned home working has said he does not want staff to step out of the office for coffee either.

Chris Ellison, the managing director of Mineral Resources, said the industry could not afford to continue down the path of flexible working, and that his company was investing in amenities at the firm’s head office in Perth, Western Australia, to keep people from leaving the building.

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