REPOST: JPMorgan sees surge in coronavirus cases after pressuring traders to go to work: report
[link:https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/jpmorgan-traders-feel-pressured-to-report-to-work-during-coronavirus-outbreak/|
JPMorgan pressured its traders to come into work despite a coronavirus outbreak on its Midtown trading floor, a new report alleges — and now nearly two dozen traders are sick and another 65 are in quarantine.
In just three weeks some 20 employees on one floor in the investment bank’s Madison Avenue headquarters have tested positive for the virus, with another 65 quarantined, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Traders responsible for buying and selling stock broke down in tears when they were told they’d have to report into the Midtown office as the cases mounted, while top brass juggled their workers’ health and making money, the Journal expose said.
“There are risks to personal health, there are risks to public health. We are called upon to balance,” Jason Sippel, JPMorgan’s head of global equities, told employees Thursday, stressing their duty to report to work in person, the Journal said.
And the CD is formulating a plan now to send exposed, asymptomatic people back to work early!
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