Bankers Want Power Lunches and Less Machismo in New Office Era

  • They miss Park Avenue breakfasts, but not working when sick
  • ‘The macho-ness definitely will go away,’ one veteran says
WATCH: From plexiglass dividers to private phone booths, CityLab’s Sarah Holder explains how the open office could change after the pandemic.Source: Quicktake
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Pam Hendrickson took work calls while waiting to give birth at a New York hospital three decades ago, helping to sort out a problem at Chemical Bank from her labor room.

Since then, she’s watched colleagues drag themselves to the office when they should be home sick. Now, the vice chair of investment firm Riverside Co. expects Covid-19’s terrifying toll to finally change some of Wall Street’s hard-charging ways.