Returning to the office: Companies like Capital One, Dominion Energy and CarMax adopting hybrid work models – By John Reid Blackwell (Richmond Times-Dispatch) / June 29 2021
A growing number of Richmond-area employers are telling their employees when they will return to their offices — and some are allowing employees to continue to work from home at least part of the week as the COVID-19 pandemic retreats.
Financial services and credit card company Capital One Financial Corp., the Richmond region’s largest private employer, told workers on Tuesday that it is planning to keep a hybrid work model in which employees will spend part of their time working at home and part of their time working at their offices.
“Capital One will be a hybrid work company going forward,” said Richard Fairbank, Capital One’s founder and CEO, in a letter sent to the company’s employees on Tuesday. The company shared the letter with the Richmond Times-Dispatch, but declined to comment further.
“That means that a significant majority of associates will spend some of their time working in the office and some of their time working virtually,” Fairbank said. “We will also support fully remote exceptions.”
