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The reason they went remote was to save money on real estate. They could sell buildings and get rid of leases.

The specific reasons they no longer want to go remote has not been shared with us other than the usual 'we want more teamwork'.

It's a shame. I tried to apply to other internal jobs, but they won't allow me to work remotely because of the new policy. So now they've severely limited their candidate pool and may have to look outside the bank and incur the costs that brings.