Goldman is said to look like "a [kosher] slaughterhouse" this morning. Apparently LevFin has been hit hard, with the focus, as of now, on VPs and admin. No "big names" have been told to pack up their staplers yet, but they may actually be praying to be given the boot-- we're told "there will basically be no bonuses this year,* especially at senior levels."
*This could very well be relative to year's past, but you never know. They've got to come up with the scratch for the mozzarella stick sculpture somehow.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:25AM
First to be not fired. Bitches.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:28AM
LevFin?! those bitches are my pets! I say PIK toggle, they wag their tale, I say no covenants, they go fetch...
Really grew to like them over the last 3 years.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:28AM
Wednesday is always a good layoff day.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:29AM
huh...
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:29AM
They will get phat packages to walk away, thats ridiculpus to think otherwise. Prob a year sverance, long enough to get right back in the game
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:30AM
Goldman is now the Grinch that stole Chanukah!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:30AM
Also a fantastic day to get fired - gives you time to ramp up for a serious demolition derby over the weekend!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:31AM
Oooh..what a boy wouldn't do for a 1 year full comp severance package!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:31AM
@6 comrade, that was funny.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:33AM
I demand one month's severance for every night of Chanukah! (Plus vacation and sick days ofcourse).
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:37AM
I guess Blankie wants to get it over with now - the obligatory 10% cut for show and all. Someone said the Hebe vs. Goy cull would be about 10:1 ?
The fresh blood that runs down the gutters today will be rinsed and gone by Hannukah
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:38AM
Ein frische fröhliche Blitzkrieg
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:49AM
Dos McDonald's accept pitch books in an interview?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:52AM
Seriously, no sympathy whatsoever for you arrogant GS fucksteins. Call Obama, maybe he's got a job for you @ The Treasury with Baldie, if HE lasts, that is.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:53AM
@ 13 & 14
back in the cage, please.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 10:59AM
Oy Vey..Now Goldman Sachs is for shit! And I loved the chicken salad in their cafeteria!!
I'm all fachlempt over this...Oy Gavalt!
This whole economy is Fachakt!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:02AM
Vaffunculo! Gasparino, get over there now and REPORT. Show us what you GOT on this!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:03AM
a year? yeah right. expect 3 months.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:04AM
Gas Bag.....WHAT DO YA GOT????????
NOTHING AS USUAL I SUPPOSE!!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:04AM
14 never even got invited to an interview with his bushleague college degree and and a GPA of 3.3
All the banks could smell that you're a weak pussy from miles away....
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:08AM
@20 are you still employed?
I've generally found that the people who talk down to other people re: getting interviews, lack of pedigree and/or low GPAs are typically useless sociopath suits whose parents should have taught them the value of hard work.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:09AM
@21
Ive already asked you nicely...
please get back in your cage.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:10AM
90/100/110.
Confirmed.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:11AM
hahah@23
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:11AM
whats the word on severance?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:12AM
@ 21...I Concur.
@ 20...Don't hate the player hate the game!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:13AM
@23 - ??
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:13AM
Hey when is the election . I can't wait to rock the vote.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:18AM
@21 - I concur as well. Word up!
@20 - you are a dickweed. A tumbling, tumbling dickweed.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:18AM
Goldman has said that everyone who is not laid off today will receive a bonus at year end.
That bonus will consist of not having your ID card deactivated on 12/31/08, continuing to receive your base salary after 12/31/08, and permission to join your remaining colleagues at 85 Broad, 1 NYP, or 30 Hudson for 8-14 hours per day every day Monday-Friday (and Saturday too for those not observing the Sabbath)to embark on a journey in retail banking.
Additional bonuses will be give to eligible employees based on number of deposit accounts opened. These bonuses will be in the form of Toasters for top performers. (Partners will receive microwave ovens in certain circumstances).
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:21AM
OMG. Just found out Obama is a Blood.
Wish I'd known that before I voted for him.
Oh well.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:22AM
Wow loads of people from bushleague here!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:24AM
It's such a nice day that I wish I had a job to quit.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:25AM
What is up with "progressive whites"? What the fuck does that mean? As a regressive white (more of a translucent), I'm looking forward to higher taxes (if I keep my job), massive deficit spending/inflation, and being discrimated against on my law school application.
Yeah Hyde Park!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:25AM
Well, it was fun while it lasted.
Time to move on and find another game
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:26AM
Oh Geez Gas Bag and Ratigan talking over each other on CNBC yet again. Why dont these two pussies just have a cat fight already and get it over with???
Two BITCHES!!!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:26AM
Kind of funny when you think of all the analysts on here posting bonuses only down 20-30% to flat from last year...
talk about misguided...
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:27AM
@37
The situation is fluid.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:28AM
You think Obama will institute affirmative action for us white folks now that we are the minority??
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:28AM
"...my law school application...." That one cracked me up!! You going to use your Walmart associate "tuition program" to do that? Hahahahahahahaha.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:28AM
26 = 29 = gay as christmas
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:31AM
@ 41 Don't unemployment checks come out on Wednesdays...better go get yours quick, I hear the Dept. of Labor is running out of funds.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:35AM
@42
I wouldn't recognize an unemployment check even if it was stapled to your ugly face
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:35AM
@40 It is called unsecured debt financing... Secondary market is on fire for this stuff...
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:39AM
@43
I guess they do direct deposit at DOL now. Modern technology is amzing huh!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:40AM
Schadenfraude?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:42AM
thanks Tom,
http://bankstocks.com/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=5461&ArticleTypeID=2
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:43AM
Bess the Layoffs coverage on here is seriously lacking these days. Better step it up a notch!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:43AM
@48- wtf are you talking about? there's layoffs news basically ever day. douche.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:46AM
zzzzzzz
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:46AM
@49 - the layoffs coverage is based on Gas Bags breaking the story that's pretty pathetic.
As for your selection of verbage "douche"...Juvenille at best.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:46AM
Well, I suppose we will see an influx of commenters since via the layoffs the ban on GS employees on here has been lifted! Welcome comrades!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:48AM
Karma is catching up like Death in Final Destination 1, 2 & 3.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:49AM
Did Goldman really block Deal Breaker??
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:50AM
@51- really? b/c charlie's story from yesterday the cuts at gs would happen "this week." he also did not discuss which groups would be affected. Did you not know that? Don't bother responding, just slink back to your teller's station.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:50AM
@ 53... LOL that was a good one!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:51AM
@54- no. you can read db from gs, you just can't comment (they've blocked employees from commenting on other sites as well).
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:52AM
@55 Everybody knows Wednesdays are the preferred day for Layoffs, followed by Mondays as the runner up.
Just step it up a notch be one step ahead of Gas Bag!!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:55AM
@58- you are truly a moron. Everyone (incl) db, is ahead of Gas Bag.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:57AM
OK will GS lose a little influence during an O administration?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:57AM
@59 No need for name calling. Unless it's directed at Gass Bag that is.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 11:58AM
When will Ratigan get on and say that the credit markets are open since LIBOR has fallen?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:00PM
I had a #4 from McDonald's this morning...it was really really good.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:00PM
So how long before Bama forces hedge funds to register and be subject to over regulation?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:01PM
@45 you know since you are in IT! Cranky little bitch.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:01PM
62 - How long before Ratigan blows Gas Bag on the air?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:03PM
@65 - You file clerks really look up to us IT guys don't you...you think we are omnipotent.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:09PM
@67 too IT, didn't respond
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:11PM
@67, Try vialis dude.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:14PM
67 - I feel dirty from reading a comment by someone from IT. Like i had sex with a really cheap ugly hooker....
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:14PM
@69 Is that how you file clerks try to boost your manliness?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:15PM
i hate rick santelli
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:17PM
@70 Thats a feeling you ex-Bear guys should be used to!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:19PM
Children, children - come inside now, recess is over.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:26PM
Hey 42/45/67/73
DB is for finance pro's not IT lowlifes. Go to some hackers forum where you can cry about how your avatar gets more pussy then you
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:29PM
ROFLMAO "DB is for finance pros" thats a good one.
More like unemployed 1st year associates with way too much time on their hands hanging out in their living room in sweatpants barefoot waiting for a job offer.
Posted by whatelseisgoingon , Nov 05, 2008 12:37PM
@76! hey... I'm wearing slippers, don't make assumptions
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:40PM
@77 Sorry buddy, I hope they are the warm fuzzy king, winter is approaching.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:48PM
@76 - You nailed it, trust me..
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:51PM
I apologize for the cliche, but rainmakers will always find ways to make it rain, and companies will always retain their rainmakers.
I'm guessing those of you who are pissed off and on edge, realize that you aren't rainmakers, but instead overpaid and overworked excel and ppt application users.
the only thing dead on the street is the role filled by crap VPs, Associates, and Analysts who have been over-compensated for some other person's work. I'm sure your parents and family friends will once again help you get another job.
good luck to all.
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 12:52PM
79=76
can you also give yourself a blowjob?
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 1:40PM
hey look, there's a penny on the floor!!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 2:11PM
@120 - F_ck you pal!!!!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 2:19PM
lol
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 2:31PM
@142 - why don't you get laid? looks like you need to try some viagra.....hahahahaha. i'm so funny!
Posted by guest , Nov 05, 2008 2:41PM
http://www.clusterstock.com/2008/11/layoffs-watch-goldman-sachs-gs-cuts-deep
loser
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 1:06AM
re: @21
I've been in the business too long. The idea of being called a sociopath actually feels like a compliment to me now.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 2:01AM
This just in:
Among the people slaughtered in Goldman's LevFin today was Richie Fuld, Dick Fuld's son and '07 Middlebury graduate. He started as an anallyst last year in Goldman's LevFin department.
Isn't this beautiful or what? Dick Fuld & Richie Fuld Jr. both lose their jobs on the same day? Beautiful!!!
Now there will be two Fulds in the family to pick up unemployment checks.
Fuck the Fulds.
-Disgruntled Middlebury Guy
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 4:45AM
@20 I bet your boss thinks about you in the same condescending way
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 8:07AM
@89 god damn you sound like crybaby.. Can you sympathise with underachievers, are you one as well?
Get you balls reattached.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 8:39AM
I like to live by the rule 'do to others as you like them to do to you'
Hopefully someday you'll realize that you don't need to pose or put up a façade at all.
By the way, I don't care if anyone thinks that I don't have balls or that I'm an underachiever.
I don't care what anyone thinks about me at all. It's very liberating.
I think being knocked down and standing up afterwards a couple of times does that to one.
Nevertheless, I wish you all the best in all your endeavours.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 9:15AM
I live by the rule 'live and let die'
goodbye now, best of luck.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 8:16PM
@88 Yeah, I don't think the Fulds are in need of govt unemployment checks.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 9:21PM
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Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 9:21PM
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Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 9:22PM
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Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2008 9:45PM
88 There were some pics of young Richie floating around here for about 15 minutes that came from his facebook profile. He looked like he know how to party.
Posted by guest , Nov 07, 2008 10:38AM
Hey, I'm new...what are you guys talking about?
Posted by guest , Dec 02, 2008 11:56PM
RIchie Fuld JR
http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/2237
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:18AM
99 Ouch. Someone doesn't like the Fulds.