Capital One Asks Employees to Work From Home to Fight Virus
- Company to ‘reduce density’ in workplaces where staff remains
- Firm isn’t aware of any coronavirus cases among its employees
Capital One Financial Corp. headquarters in McLean, Virginia.
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Capital One Financial Corp. requested that its employees work from home if they can, joining other companies in trying to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank told staff that they should begin working from home on Thursday. For branch workers or those in other roles that can’t be performed remotely, the firm will begin spacing out employees to “reduce density” in workplaces.