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Prarthana Prakash

Remote work impedes women’s careers, CEO of top U.K. bank claims amid industrywide RTO surge

two women sitting side by side behind a desk (Credit: ISABEL INFANTES—AFP/Getty Images)

Remote work might be hurting women more than we realize, by throwing a wrench in their career progression, said the chief of Nationwide, one of the U.K.’s major banks and the world’s largest building society.

Debbie Crosbie, who has been CEO since June 2022 and dismantled Nationwide’s “work anywhere policy” in late 2023, thinks in-office presence is the key to career progression—especially for women. 

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