""Congratulations JPMorgan on the opening of your new headquarters!" billionaire Michael Dell posted on X last week, alongside a photo of what seems to be a trading floor in the new office. The image features row upon row of his company's monitors in four-screen setups, duplicated as far as the eye can see. Less than a week later, and the post has more than 17 million views. But maybe not for good reasons."
""'Remote work kills the culture and warmth that only real human interactions in an office can create,' one X user mockingly cited, immediately followed up in the next line with 'the culture and warmth' right above Dell's computer-lined image of the trading floor. 'Are these for cage free or free-range analysts?' another quipped. Some defended the setup, saying this is simply what a typical trading floor looks like these days. (Who thought we'd be nostalgic for office cubicles in the year 2025?)""
JPMorgan Chase opened a $3 billion global headquarters at 270 Park Ave in midtown Manhattan after six years. Online attention centered on a photo of a trading floor showing rows of four-screen monitor setups posted by billionaire Michael Dell, which drew more than 17 million views in under a week. Many commenters called the scene dystopian and used it to criticize the bank's five-day return-to-office mandate, offering mocking quips about "culture and warmth," cage-free analysts, and a collective "nothing from my end" refrain. Some defended the image as representative of a typical modern trading floor.
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