It will be interesting to see how this shakes out. There just aren't going to be many jobs to be had. You are about to go from five pure plays to two (Just MS and GS left). Also, if you aren't at a top, top school I believe you will have a very tough time getting a W$ job-it isn't even a certainty for those kids.
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"Eight years of college down the drain! Might as well join the fuckin' Peace Corps!"
how about london/hong kong?
Law School's getting record applications as is (same as MBA programs). A lot of recent Big Law grads are totally pumped that they got offers in the departments that deal with Finance. Unless you're doing bankruptcy or restructuring, those job are not safe either.
GS and MS? How about JPM, Deutsche?
GS and MS? How about JPM, Deutsche?
JPM & Deutsche both have commercial banks.
Deutsche has their commercial arm in Europe.
How about Credit Suisse?
Yeah it fn sucks for seniors/juniors now, especially for guys at semis like me.
I know it's still very early on, but how many years would it take to recover from mess? Is a full recovery even plausible?
best post ive seen on WSO in relation to this crisis - what the fuck do we do now???
corp law going to get hit by slowdowns from ib problems most likely.... big4 i expect will hold up better but i mean before this mini crisis happened there was already layoffs around 3% of employees at Big4 like Deloitte.
what now ??
"There is only one bottom line -- how much money you make."
what about the class of 2012? are their chances greatly reduced to? or will things be fine then?
what about the class of 2012? are their chances greatly reduced to? or will things be fine then?
what about the class of 2012? are their chances greatly reduced to? or will things be fine then?
what about the class of 2012? are their chances greatly reduced to? or will things be fine then?
JPM & Deutsche both have commercial banks.
Deutsche has their commercial arm in Europe.
How about Credit Suisse?
Accounting should be pretty steady, particularly with the upcoming transition to International Accounting Standards.
JPM & Deutsche both have commercial banks.
Deutsche has their commercial arm in Europe.
How about Credit Suisse?
JPM & Deutsche both have commercial banks.
Deutsche has their commercial arm in Europe.
How about Credit Suisse?
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