It's not the coffee jolt they were expecting.
Goldman Sachs bankers heading back for a mandatory return to their New York City headquarters on Wall Street last week learned their "free coffee" station was a thing of the past, the New York Post reported.
The complimentary cold-brew coffee appeared at the company's entrance during the pandemic to encourage attendance, the news outlet reported, citing sources. But the mandatory return order is considered incentive enough.
"RIP to another pandemic perk for junior bankers," one unnamed banker told the Post. "I'm sure the partners still don't have to pay for their coffee — or anything in their fancy dining hall."
"Of course they took the coffee away," another unnamed junior banker told the news outlet. "But I've been so slammed since Labor Day I haven't really had time to think too much about it."
The Post noted there's free drip coffee in the building's "Sky Lobby" on the 11th floor, and that the bank gave out cupcakes to workers on their first day back.
At other banks on Wall Street, executives and CEOs are also embracing the return to normalcy and the disappearance of some perks, the Post reported, including free tickets to the U.S. Open tennis championship.
In April, Goldman CEO David Solomon ended free daily car rides to and from the office, which the bank had begun offering at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Post has previously reported. It now limits the freebie to employees who work into the night.
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