JPMorgan Chase's outspoken and mercurial CEO, Jamie Dimon has decided to walk back on some of his fiery rhetoric after a leaked audio recording captured him railing against employees and remote work in a heated town hall meeting.

While acknowledging that his choice of words was inappropriate, Dimon did, however, add that he remains resolute on his stance against flexible work arrangements.

Speaking at JPMorgan’s global leveraged finance conference in Miami, Dimon told CNBC on Monday that he regretted the profane outburst.

“I should never curse, ever. I shouldn’t get angry and stuff like that,” he admitted.

The leaked audio, originally obtained by the American financial publication, Barron’s, featured Dimon venting his frustration over workplace attendance resistance, lamenting that he couldn’t find a “god-d– person” on Fridays and criticizing the lack of engagement during “f–ing Zoom” meetings. He also dismissed a petition signed by over 1,700 employees opposing the bank’s in-office mandate.

Despite the mea culpa over his language, Dimon remains unwavering on JPMorgan’s return-to-office policy, which will require employees to be in-office five days a week starting March 3. He brushed off criticism, asserting that while remote work might be preferable for some employees, it’s not up to them.

“They can get a job—I’m not being mean—they can get a job elsewhere,” Dimon said. “I totally understand that it may make total sense for them to do that.”

His comments have drawn sharp reactions from JPMorgan employees. As reported by Fortune, Nicholas Welch, a tech operations analyst at JPMorgan, claimed he faced threats to his job after suggesting that teturn-to-work policies should be determined by team managers rather than a blanket mandate.

Dimon addressed speculation that employees faced retaliation for questioning the policy, asserting, “I have never, ever fired anyone because they asked a question like that.”

Beyond RTO, Dimon also took aim at JPMorgan’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

In another leaked recording obtained by Bloomberg, the CEO had expressed frustration over certain initiatives, saying, “I saw how we were spending money on some of this stupid s—, and it really pissed me off. I’m just gonna cancel them. I don’t like wasted money in bureaucracy.”

Clarifying his stance to CNBC, Dimon insisted he wasn’t scrapping DEI efforts but rather trimming ineffective programs that relied too much on outside consultants. “We’re still going to reach out to the black, Hispanic, LGBT, veteran, and disabled communities. We’re not changing that,” he said.