Morgan Stanley Legal Chief Sees Remote Work ‘Fraying’ Bonds (1)

Morgan Stanley’s top lawyer said Friday that veteran outsiders who criticized his push to end remote work are missing an opportunity to connect with the next generation of leaders.

“Two years of not being together is fraying those bonds,” Eric Grossman said in a Fordham Law School talk. Almost a fourth of Morgan Stanley’s workers started during the coronavirus pandemic, and “a bunch of them have never spent time in the office—they don’t know what we’re like,” he said.

Much of the negative reaction to his call to return to the office came from “fully formed lawyers,” Grossman said. ...