Home » HR practices » Recruitment/Employer branding/employee loyalty » Société Générale limits remote working to one day a week Société Générale limits remote working to one day a week Slawomir Krupa, the chief executive of French banking group Société Générale, has announced a reduction in remote working to one day per week, in a message addressed to all company employees worldwide. On top of a desire to harmonise practices across the group's sales teams, the CEO argues that interaction and proximity are essential. In France, where the group is headquartered, trade unions have launched a campaign and denounced the move as an invitation to leave. By Antoine Piel. Published on 25 June 2025 à 15h35 - Update on 25 June 2025 à 17h45 Resources The email sent by the Société Générale CEO on 19 June to 119,000 employees worldwide had the effect of a bombshell. The announcement of the measure, which already applies to countries (out of 60 overall) where teleworking is not subject to collective bargaining, took everyone inside the company by surprise, including employee representatives. “We were not warned and there were no prior meetings,” said Johanna Delestré, CFDT union representative in France. The restriction of teleworking from two or even three days to just one day per week is to be implemented “quickly”,… Antoine Piel Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
