We’re told that cuts have been going down today, Barcap-style. No info on severance, etc, yet.

Comments (30)

  1. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    Do a seance and ask Bella if she’s heard anything.

  2. Posted by wcburrs87 | June 18, 2009 at 1:38 PM

    Severance is being paid in Hawaiian Tropic Zone gift certificates…cannot be used on alcohol though.

  3. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 1:42 PM

    My buddy was let go from Deutsche Securities, 3rd year associate in IBD

  4. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    Severance will be paid out in Twix bars and reach arounds.

  5. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    I just realized I haven’t checked Clusterstock all day. All the short crude oil people and short natty traders are squealin’ like pigs caught under a gate! Busy, busy, busy…..

  6. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    “Jelly of the Month Club, Clark… the gift that gives all year long.”

  7. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    @5- cause the site sucks?

  8. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    Heard Barclays numbers for Analysts are out today, can anybody confirm?

  9. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    @4, I will take the Twix, but hold the reach. The reach arounds at Barclays are somewhat tender, awkward, but ultimately unsatisfying. Whereas the ones given at BoonesofA are prison quality raw (assuming you are from Merril). The heritage guys get nothing (surprise).

  10. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    As a former employee of Barc/Leh, I’m surprised they’re still doing layoffs. Who is left? They just did a massive round a few weeks ago with major heads of groups getting cut. This is like their 8th round of layoffs since it began early 2008.

  11. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    As a former employee of Barc/Leh, I’m surprised they’re still doing layoffs. Who is left? They just did a massive round a few weeks ago with major heads of groups getting cut. This is like their 8th round of layoffs since it began early 2008.

  12. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    @10-11
    Maybe they’re just getting rid of the rest of the people that don’t know how to use a computer.

  13. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    @10-11
    Maybe they’re just getting rid of the rest of the people that don’t know how to use a computer.

  14. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    @10 – With the legacy LEH guys gone, either voluntarily or involuntarily, they realized the lack of caliber of the ones that remained. So someone up there pulled out his calculator and did some math and realized that it’s a better biz to rid of the low-performing majority and used the $ & headcount to lure talent. Barcap – back in the poaching biz!! (oh, did I mention that the brit companies almost always do things slower than their american counterparts?)

  15. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    @10 I don’t think ‘lack of caliber’ works.

  16. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    sorry, I mean @14
    -15

  17. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    @12/13 Fail

  18. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:33 PM

    not surprising — anytime you have a big merger w/ lots of overlap you’ll need to have several rounds of fat trimming because a lot of that fat is hiding amongst the muscle and it takes time to find it all.

  19. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    @18 – Barclehs can trim all the fat it wants but it will never be as ripped and tan as I am
    -C. Gas

  20. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:38 PM

    @18 – Barclehs can trim all the fat it wants but it will never be as ripped and tan as I am
    -C. Gas

  21. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:41 PM

    Who the f is gonna do any business with barcleh? come on! these guys are going out of business with previously TARPed companies making a comeback

  22. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    any group in particular? thanks

  23. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    Any word on bonuses?

  24. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    man.. the only person they need to keep is the security guard so no one steals the lehman pictures.. rest is garbage

  25. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    Severance was a slice of fin from a coked up Mexican Cocaine Shark. They all left the office with a detached air about them.
    W I D E C L O P S

  26. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM

    where are all the analyst bonus spreadsheets that go around every year? anyone have thoughts?

  27. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 5:45 PM

    @26 Your bonus this year is that you get to keep your job. Congrats.

  28. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    this one is going the lehman way as well..!

  29. Posted by guest | June 18, 2009 at 10:04 PM

    There were no layoffs today.

  30. Posted by guest | June 19, 2009 at 12:03 AM

    stuff like this happens at barclehs all the time. it’s no big deal.

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