Bank of Amerillwide is apparently supposed to announce today (if they haven't already) that the firm will be eliminating all plastic knives, forks, and spoons, in addition to paper plates and styrofoam cups. All associates will receive "a BAC-branded coffee cup that its biodegradable in landfills over a five year period." According to one disgruntled styro-loving employee "they are spinning it to sound like its being done to save the environment but it's obviously just another crushing blow to employee morale." OR: it's a company-wide welcome wagon to the Merrill people, who we're told prefer consuming food Medieval Times-style, and the Countrywiders, who 9 times out of 10 will pick a feed-bag over a knife and fork. Only Ken Lewis knows for sure.
Layoffs Watch '09: BAC Cutlery
Posted by Bess Levin, Jan 12, 2009, 1:45pm
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Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 1:56PM
Those hicks know how to use forks and knives?
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 1:57PM
When is the "If its yellow let it mellow" memo due out? I wonder if ARS has that memo yet?
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 1:57PM
to infinity and beyond. didn't read.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 1:59PM
Really? I always envisione a trough system
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:06PM
@2, it's "too" not "to" you frickin moron. If you're going to make a lame ass attempt at humor on every one of these threads, at least try to get your grammar correct.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:09PM
@5 - it's "fucking" not "frickin".
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:10PM
@5, thanks for the tip. In the case of my post, the correct spelling would be "to". Others write "to" but mean "too". Was making fun of them.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:11PM
@5 - you're joking, right?
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:12PM
@5 - you're joking, right?
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:13PM
article just posted internally. not a joke.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:13PM
article just posted internally. not a joke.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:16PM
Too Horsey, didn't read.
I didn't know they were handing out executive oat sacks. Must get mine ...
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:16PM
@10/11- what do you mean?
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:16PM
@5 Why do you feel so strongly that you need to comment in such a negative manner? Why do you feel you need to judge others in order to feel better about yourself. It is ok, we understand you feel inadequate not a big deal. Just keep it to yourself and maybe your boyfriend won't notice.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:17PM
Thanks @8&9 for support.
-@2
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:19PM
@5- Its "grammer". Whoes the moreon know.
SPODE
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:20PM
@5- Its "grammer". Whoes the moreon know.
SPODE
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:23PM
@ 16.
- Click once
- Shut up twice
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:25PM
@ 16.
- Click once
- Shut up twice
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:25PM
@ 16.
- Click once
- Shut up twice
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:27PM
@18-20
Take a bow champ.
SPODE
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:27PM
18 just lit himself up.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:36PM
BAC took away the soups and tea bags in January last year, prior to some bigtime WIDECLOPS action. Probably no great surprise that this is likely to mean that the bat-eyed bitch in the boots is making a comeback....
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:50PM
@16 & 17
In the heartland of America, Grammar always gets the girls. Grammer washes the dirty, post-coital linen.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:54PM
speaking of tea bags... If you are the guy, would you be getting teabagged, or teabagging someone? My friends and I disagree on this. I think it is the guy who teabags the girl
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:56PM
The cannibalism on this thread feels threatening, almost like a mosh pit.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 2:57PM
@23 - nice try. plenty of teabags and instant soup still here.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 3:04PM
teabags... YEAH THERE IS!
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 3:08PM
@25 it would be your second guess...you can get a teabag from the chica, but she is technically getting teabag'ged'...i.e. - u r teabagging her
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 3:11PM
25 Newsflash: a guy can give as well as get a teabag. You need to start thinking out of the box more. Esp in this difficult environment. GAnalYst
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 3:20PM
@27 Soups and teas were indeed temporarily removed, but perhaps you weren't there then, or the mailroom was unaffected (see Dealbreaker passim)...
Normal soup service was restored later in the year, after WIDECLOPS had done her work.
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 3:34PM
does this mean they're getting rid of the dessert cart on the treasury floor???
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 3:48PM
What is a Hebrew?
A male tea bag.
...bada-bing!
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 4:30PM
I remember at bank of NY they took away our plastic cups for the water cooler and we had to buy cups upstairs..after bitching it to the MD of the CDO group (what a shitty product i worked on) we got our cups back...hell i got laid off but got severarnce....probably all due to the cups..or the CDO's...
Posted by guest , Jan 12, 2009 9:56PM
You can't sip codeine and sprite out of a mug!!!! THIS IS BULLLSHIT.
Posted by guest , Jan 13, 2009 9:14AM
have they done anything to MBS/CMBS yet? which one is going to be affected the least? any idea?
Posted by guest , Jan 13, 2009 11:54AM
can anyone shed some light on what 1st year associates out of top 10 mba programs got for 2008 stub bonus, if any? thanks, started a new job in early august and need a comparison.
Posted by guest , Jan 13, 2009 2:43PM
@37 what did you get? then i'll tell you what i got
Posted by guest , Jan 13, 2009 3:31PM
@37 - one stack of cups, 500 Spirit points (to be redeemed by 1st Feb) and the warm, fuzzy feeling of having a job for a further month.
Posted by guest , Jan 14, 2009 1:28PM
The first years (and possibly others) have to take exams today. These exams include accouting, valuation,modeling, and writing. These tests follow interviews that they had yesterday. Lastly, apparently some were neither invited to the interviews or the exams..aka your fucked.
Posted by guest , Jan 14, 2009 1:29PM
The first years (and possibly others) have to take exams today. These exams include accouting, valuation,modeling, and writing. These tests follow interviews that they had yesterday. Lastly, apparently some were neither invited to the interviews or the exams..aka your fucked.
Posted by guest , Jan 22, 2009 6:31AM
@40/41 - "you're" means "you are," not "your;" cretin.