- Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, wants employees to stop checking emails during meetings, labeling the habit as disrespectful and unproductive. In his annual shareholder letter, Dimon also shared broader workplace advice, from avoiding jargon to maintaining a work-life balance, and commented on economic issues like global tariffs.
Jamie Dimon wants employees to stop checking their emails during meetings. Â
In his annual shareholder letter published on Monday, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase said he wants to stop the âdisrespectfulâ habit of reading emails or texts during meetings.
âI see people in meetings all the time who are getting notifications and personal texts or who are reading emails. This has to stop. Itâs disrespectful. It wastes time,â Dimon wrote. Instead, he urged employees to âmake meetings count,â saying he always gives discussions 100% of his focus.
The prominent banking CEO also had other workplace advice for employees, encouraging them to âwork smarter, not longer.â
âDonât read the same email two or three times. Most can be addressed immediately. And while this all sounds serious, make work fun. We spend the vast majority of our waking hours at work â itâs our job to try to make it fun and fulfilling,â he wrote. âAnd another important one: Take care of yourself. If you donât take care of yourself, it doesnât work.â
He also advised employees to âavoid management pablumâ and get ârid of the jargonâ calling it a âpet peeve.â
Dimon has been known for his strong opinions on workplace culture, especially remote work. Heâs historically been a strong advocate for returning to the office. JPMorgan Chase requires workers to be back in the office five days a week. Earlier this year, in a leaked audio recording of a JPMorgan town hall, Dimon could be heard venting his frustration over remote work in an eight-minute rant.
Recently heâs slightly softened his tone on working from home, acknowledging that individuals have the right to prioritize flexible arrangements but maintaining that companies ultimately decide what works best for them.
Dimon addressed several other things in the letter, including Trumpâs global tariffs, which have wreaked havoc on the stock market recently. The CEO called for a more moderate approach from the administration, writing that the economy is facing âconsiderable turbulenceâ and citing the potential fallout of an escalating trade war.
âThe quicker this issue is resolved, the better because some of the negative effects increase cumulatively over time and would be hard to reverse,â Dimon wrote in his letter, joining the growing list of business leaders opposing Trumpâs tariffs. Bill Ackman and Elon Musk have also voiced opposition to the sweeping global tariffs.












