Remote work impedes women’s careers, CEO of top U.K. bank claims amid industry-wide RTO surge

Remote work might be hurting women more than we realize, by throwing a wrench in their career progression, said the chief of Nationwide, one of the U.K.’s major banks and the world’s largest building society.

Debbie Crosbie, who has been CEO since June 2022 and dismantled Nationwide’s “work anywhere policy” in late 2023, thinks in-office presence is the key to career progression—especially for women. 

“We find, certainly at Nationwide … that men are more likely to come into...