The marginally more successful, slightly less tax-evading Swiss bank in town announced yesterday that the Alternative Investments holiday party has not been canceled, so high-fives all around! BUT. It has been postponed. The soiree, which will take place at Cipriani 23rd Street, has been rescheduled from December 11 to January 14. Obviously, this move (to get the space on the cheap, not report the expense for the fourth quarter, etc) pains Brady Dougan, seen at left. No word yet on what's a poppin' with regard to the investment bank's partay, though there is certainly cause for celebration for the CS IB'ers who are being allowed to keep their jobs.
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Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 10:52AM
מדי שוויצרי; לא לקרוא
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 10:53AM
Any Beige Book comedy?
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 10:55AM
Too Dougan, didnt read
Posted by GinNTonic , Dec 03, 2008 10:57AM
Does not announcing a Christmas party = joining the war on Christmas? If so, I think there would be a lot more banks on the list.
Posted by Anal_yst , Dec 03, 2008 11:01AM
tishman speyer party 2nite @ the tree lighting if anyone gives a rat's ass
Posted by Bess Levin , Dec 03, 2008 11:04AM
@G 'n T: no. the default is to have a party, so no announcement = it's on. if you know of any firms taking the 'we just wont say anything' approach, please share.
Posted by Formerly FEPWJ , Dec 03, 2008 11:12AM
Was wideclops invited?
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 11:16AM
@Bess/6, isn't that how they fired the stapler guy in Office Space? They didn't say anything, they just "fixed the problem" and stopped writing checks. I think that would be a good, confrontation-free approach.
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 11:19AM
@1
לא קראתי
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 11:21AM
It's time for an oldfashioned wideclopse party: Everyone brings a wideclopse as a date and whoever brought the most severe wideclopse wins. Then, for happy ending, everyone puts their pink slip in a bowl, from which the wideclopses take one. The wideclopse that picked your pink slip is yours for after the party.
Enjoy!
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 11:22AM
Hey, a party is a party!
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 11:44AM
Well, at least E to the C will be at the CS party in January, that's enough reason to celebrate; maybe catch an upskirt after the punch kicks in?
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 11:58AM
Well, at least E to the C will be at the CS party in January, that's enough reason to celebrate; maybe catch an upskirt after the punch kicks in?
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 11:58AM
CS is postponing the party because terminations in Alternative Investments have been delayed until just after the New Year's. CS pays out bonuses in mid-Feb, so early Jan is the perfect time to prune people. Laying people off just before Christmas would be non-Christian.
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:04PM
Brady Dougan = LEGO HEAD
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:05PM
@ 14,
Well one thing is for sure, if anyone makes claims that the finance industry is heartless they should try heavy industry like forest products; before I came to finance, I was an engineer that watched my firm shut an office down (overnight via a bailiff's notice affixed to the door) on December 14th. They did however, keep the Christmas party on the schedule for the 20th. Nice eh?
-SealClubber
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:08PM
@1 & @9, love that you're representin'. מגניב baby!
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:09PM
@ 14,
Well one thing is for sure, if anyone makes claims that the finance industry is heartless they should try heavy industry like forest products; before I came to finance, I was an engineer that watched my firm shut an office down (overnight via a bailiff's notice affixed to the door) on December 14th. They did however, keep the Christmas party on the schedule for the 20th. Nice eh?
-SealClubber
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:14PM
Sorry about the 2x post, my northern server must have geese flying in front of the towers; gotta trade up from 56k I guess...
-SC
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:16PM
@1,9,17
Represent this bitches.
E.Cartman
אין יהודים ועל קצב ללבוש שק זהב סביב
הצוואר שלהם
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:31PM
@20, you're clearly using Google Translate..
What you wrote doesn't make any sense..
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:31PM
@20, you're clearly using Google Translate..
What you wrote doesn't make any sense..
-@17
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 12:55PM
@21/22 No I took it straight from the Torah, maybe go a bit more to sunday school to polish up your hebrew.
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 1:13PM
Ok, hate to show my green-ness, but what is the whole "wideclopse" thing referencing??
Posted by guest , Dec 03, 2008 6:36PM
@24
Fail.