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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Starling Bank staff resign after new chief executive calls for more time in-office

Mobile phone with website of British challenger bank Starling Bank Limited on screen in front of logo
The online-only Starling Bank has grown from 43,000 customers in 2017 to 3.6 million in 2023. Photograph: Timon Schneider/Alamy

Staff have resigned at Starling Bank after its new chief executive demanded thousands of workers attend its offices more frequently, despite lacking enough space to host them.

In his first major policy change since taking over from the UK digital bank’s founder, Anne Boden, in March, Raman Bhatia has ordered all hybrid staff – many of whom were in the office only one or two days a week, or on an ad-hoc basis – to travel to work for a minimum of 10 days each month.

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