Bigger Than Bear

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:10PM

Bess gets a fresh load of cottage cheese in her panties for all things Goldman.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:13PM

@12:10-- get sarcasm much?

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:19PM

Some of us bring our own coffee - fl 9 in 30 H has the goods, feel free to grab some Porto Rico coffee...

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:21PM

Goldie and Lehman went to the Discount window to borrow money last night... Since when does Goldie borrow at a premium to fed funds?

Screw free drinks, goldie had to stand in line and ask for money yesterday...

Lehman needed 2 Billion or so to balance the books last night... Hello Kids... Something stinks in Denmark and its not the fish...

or said another way... something new is broken in Bankland...

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:24PM

Pre-dot com bubble burst there were not only free drinks but daily fruit baskets at 1 NYP. Then the internets ruined everything.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:25PM

I read that on Monday (or maybe Tuesday as well) LEH had higher CDS prices than the country of Nigeria. I think that causes liquidity to become expensive in the short-term and thus the discount window comes into play. It seems like a crisis of confidence across the industry that is still not resolved.

Posted by golden girl, Mar 19, 2008 12:27PM

@12:24 - and they changed some floor, I think it was 39, into a "hip floor" to compete with the dotcoms. It had like, "collaborative workspaces" and "kicky furniture" and "lots of vending machines".

Oh, and also during the dotcom era the firm launched a "coolness task force" - i kid you not.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:30PM

hah...read this just as the catering staff dropped off my Energy Kitchen lunch on a nice tray.

Seamlessweb, hard to beat.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:31PM

30H? What are you in corporate real estate? Do they even give you a 212 number?

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:35PM

take a look at this lol
http://codywillard.com/2008/03/18/groundhog-day-personal-life/
cody still bummed about being dumped!

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:36PM

IIRC The biggest auditorium space you can get is at 30H... never actually worked there outside of a handful of meetings.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:38PM

30H has quite a few GS people and is not as empty as you might think/remember. I work with software dev with REDIPlus.

I have a 917 number so you won't really even know I'm in JC...

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 12:45PM

oh, BTW, any REDIPlus constructive feedback welcome. I can get that channeled through to proper people.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 1:22PM

Who above the age of 12 drinks fizzy drinks anyway?

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 1:23PM

@12.45,

Can you setup a pull for CDS quotes? Also, don't laugh to hard, but is there anyway to track cash levels in REDIplus? I know know, if I have REDIplus I don't need to worry about cash levels... but still, it would be nice to know the level real leverage your running... In the current market conditions we are in.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 1:58PM

Here is how it works: If you are a trader you have your assistant get anything you want. Mocha skim latte? You got it. Stand in line at Chipotle? You got it.

If you are not a trader...tough luck. Sorry kids ...if you are an IT grease monkey and want nice digs and free sandwiches & red bull you'll have to go to Citadel where all the shiz is free.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 2:11PM

on the trading floors on 1 NYP and 85 Broad they had those huge trash cans full of soda and water when i worked there last year.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 2:16PM

What a bunch of whiny pissant slackers... you need food delivered or you send an assistant? No wonder we have an obesity problem.

I just went down to Shake Shack ON MY OWN and got my own goddamn Shack burger. Do I win a prize?

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 2:19PM

Agreed, Citadel had the best food and bevvie hookup anyplace i have worked. Even a freezer section with ice cream bars and stuff on every floor. That was the life.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 2:28PM

I am a trader while I do software development, but it's my own money. Rewards are better monetarily than ice cream bars and small crap like that. Or you can lose 3x your two week paycheck on a given day.

Back in the days of Lava Trading, I knew there were snacks, snapples, OJ on Tusedays, bagels each Fri, coffee, foosball table was all free (even for IT etc.), it was pretty cool but when it was all gone...the biggest hit was the dropping of the plastic forks and milk for coffee. Most of it was high in sugar/corn syrup/fat and was better gone than making us all fat and lethargic.

The culture is a much bigger perk, and the milk and forks would really help to maintain the fact that higher ups really do care...

Um, with regard to getting a Shack Burger, let's just say you probably also contribute to the obesity problem? How about a chicken salad or something more in-line with your metabolism?

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 2:29PM

@1:23, I have passed along your feedback. Thx.

Just celebrated a birthday of a REDIPlus dev. That was pretty cool. Cupcakes included... :)

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 2:40PM

You do not cast aspersions about Shake Shack, sir. That's worse than spreading false rumors about Lehman. The SEC will be looking into your wildly irresponsible suggestion that a Shack Burger might be unhealthy.

Posted by Anal_yst, Mar 19, 2008 3:58PM

Anyone try the new Burger place on Water Street yet?

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 6:28PM

@1:58PM

AGain more bullshit... I've worked with traders and sales folk at NYP; they usually grab something either from the little coffee stand on 50th or go run down to 47th or whatever floor is the cafeteria on. Traders on the floor don't have individual secretaries, only a couple of floor admins.

Posted by guest, Mar 19, 2008 8:48PM

What is the RediPlus platform? Explain a bit more..