Jamie Dimon says "you think you’re focusing and learning?" about employees on phones in Zoom meetings

At a Stanford University discussion in March 2025, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon recalled a Zoom meeting where all four people onscreen were using their phones, a moment that prompted him to question whether they were genuinely engaged. The remark highlights his broader push against device use in workplace gatherings as companies require more in-person attendance. Dimon has called such behavior disrespectful in his spring 2025 shareholder letter and at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women summit, where he said he tells offenders to put their devices away. JPMorgan now requires most employees in the office five days a week and recently opened a new Manhattan headquarters. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, by contrast, sees devices as acceptable in large meetings, though not in small ones.