Layoff FIRM WIDE
So the news is that GS joined others in laying off people. no big surprise given the situation.
here is my Q?
who is going to get layoff. i am not asking about the division or team. I am asking if layoff on a firm scale, is it on analyst, associates, VP, MD?
can think they layoff MD since they pull some weight in the firm. not so much analyst cause they make shit anyways. but then again who knows?
Any higher up people in the forum can shed some light on this?
...did u just say that goldman joined others in layoffs.
u do realize GS has been cutting people since last year.
they started placing 1st years into a 1 year analyst program this past summer.
anyway, the underperformers are getting cut. people who do not have a "godfather" are in trouble. the groups that are out of favor will be getting hit. JP slashed 50% of their syndicated & leveraged loan team. They let go of their analysts.
Same thing at other places like Bear where their lev fin team got hit the heaviest of all groups last year.
Essentially, everyone from MD to analyst is in on the plate.
If anyone is safe, I would assume it would be the new analysts and associates that are 4-5 months into their first year. Not because they are "cheap labor" but because they haven't really established a track record yet. From my experience, when cuts happen, they tend to happen right after Thanksgiving.
If you want learn more about layoffs and ur not working at a bank yet, read the Accidental Investment Banker by Jonathan Knee. He walks you through how it exactly happens.
The worst assumption to make is that "analysts will not get laid off because they cost less". I hate seeing/hearing that because it is simply not true. At the end of my first year, 10-15% of 1st year analysts were cut. Many more were let go in the last two months. The newest analysts may be spared in this quarter but with unemployment projecting to reach highs in end of 2009/2010, analysts are definitely 'at risk'.
how does one go about getting the favors of a benevolent higher being?
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