
What’s the best part of working at a global bank? Insiders often say it’s the work trips – sipping champagne on business class flights as you traverse the far corners of the world to seal billion-dollar deals.
But at State Street, bankers are returning from their travels with more than just a signed contract and an exotic bottle of plonk. The firm recently told a portion of its London workforce to work from home, so it could send in pest control to its Canary Wharf office amid concerns over bed bugs scuttling around. Yuck.