JPMorgan Chase employee fired after questioning CEO Jamie Dimon about return-to-office. Then…

A JPMorgan Chase employee was fired—albeit briefly—after publicly questioning CEO Jamie Dimon about the bank’s return-to-office policy during a town hall meeting on February 12. FILE PHOTO: Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Welch, an analyst in tech operations who has worked for JPMorgan Chase since 2017, was among those affected by the bank’s new mandate requiring all 317,000 employees to return to the office five days a week starting next month. Dimon also dismissed a petition signed by employees urging the bank to reconsider the mandate, saying, “I don’t care how many people sign that f---ing petition.” Fired for questioning - or not? Shortly after the town hall, Welch received an urgent text from Garrett Monaghan, a Vice President in JPMorgan Chase’s Technology Employee Support Services division, demanding he report to his desk immediately.