Walt is a coward. He repeatedly sang praises over the firm's workplace flexibility. He contrasted himself with Jamie Dimon and took jabs at David Solomon for wanting people in the office. He said completely remote work was going to happen eventually, COVID simply advanced it by 8-10 years.
Walter W Bettinger II on WFH in his own words:
- "For the vast, vast, vast majority of our jobs, people can have that kind of flexibility and that's wonderful."
- "How are we going to win in business? We win with world class talent. So if we have world-class flexibility, we're going to get the best people and we're going to win."
- "It makes sense."
- "This isn't some temporary thing."
- "I want to be world-class."
- "I promise to never waste your time with corporate speak or half truths or anything like that."
Trust truly is built over time but lost in an instant.