Like seek a job where you get paid?

“Bonuses in JPM’s prime brokerage were cut 75 percent (department-wide average). They tried to tell us the 75% was across the board in IB though obviously that’s not the case. There’s expected to be a mass-exodus from PB in the coming weeks, which it sounds like management is hoping for…”

According to a spokeswoman for JPMorgan, “The report is not accurate.”

Comments (61)

  1. Posted by You_guessed_it | January 19, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    Brilliant strategy!

    -Passive, aggressive, former DE Shaw quant who is transitioning to a career in HR

  2. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    There is an unspoken message here.

  3. Posted by Anon | January 19, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    I hope you haven’t maxed out your chase debit cards.

  4. Posted by Anon | January 19, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    I hope you haven’t maxed out your chase debit cards.

  5. Posted by Poopneck | January 19, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    debit cards dont have limits… credit cards do. jackass.

  6. Posted by GuyFeelings | January 19, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    I sense a disturbance.

  7. Posted by Diesel7 | January 19, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    They were probably way up last year

    -Glass half full guy

  8. Posted by Anonymous | January 19, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    Please do not comment again until you have brushed up on your Dealbreaker memes.

  9. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    Did Chiarello get his sports tix? Or did vendors take care of it?

  10. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    Did Chiarello get his sports tix? Or did vendors take care of it?

  11. Posted by guest | January 19, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    This is a good way for JPM to cleanse itself from the Bear Stearns infection…

    - Guy who thought 2 dollars was generous.

  12. Posted by PasteSpecialFormats | January 19, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    Where’s what’s-his-name to tell us all about how they finally their comeuppance, use the word ‘bankster’ so many times it loses all meaning, and just generally sound like a twat?

  13. Posted by Guestulator | January 19, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    According to his horrific website (which focuses quite a bit on the conspiracy that stole the last election from Hillary), he seems to think he was uninvited from participating in the discussion here.

  14. Posted by Richard Cripples | January 19, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    I introduced him to Last Bastion of Balance, last I heard they are busy creating a new “super blog” to really educate the people of America/detail their wedding plans. She supplies the content and he does graphics – a match made in heaven really.

  15. Posted by Anal about Analysis | January 19, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    Good luck in HR!

    -Passive, aggressive DE Shaw quant who is sticking to being a genius

  16. Posted by Magt | January 19, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Mass exodus??? And where will they be mass exiting to??

  17. Posted by tits | January 19, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    More like super brats that are resistant to the most powerful antibiotics.

  18. Posted by liquid | January 19, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    the ones who have been swallowing after dinners, will obv get gigs at the former clients funds.
    the others.. well i hear financial advisors work awesome hours

  19. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    The meter-reading dept of ConEd

  20. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    The meter-reading dept of ConEd

  21. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    nail, head.

  22. Posted by ExtraOrdinaryPopularDelusions | January 19, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    some people are too busy smashing 8 and ups to keep up with DB, jackass

  23. Posted by Jhndoey19 | January 19, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    In regards to guest…

    This is a good way for JPM to cleanse itself from the Bear Stearns infection…
    - Guy who thought 2 dollars was generous.

    Wow. You are such a jerk for saying that. I hope YOU lose your job for saying such an asinine comment. Families depend on that money. Grow a pair and post your name instead of “guest” too-loser.

  24. Posted by chronic | January 19, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    thought they were phasing out meter readers

  25. Posted by chronic | January 19, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    thought they were phasing out meter readers

  26. Posted by Yoda | January 19, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    You too?

  27. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    I agree…This “Guest” guy is a jerk.

  28. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    Plus he seems to have multiple personalities. Maybe he is off his medication.

  29. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    This guy has a point. I hate myself for evaluating the price of a financial asset and concluding that it was too high.

    -Another (personality of) Guest

  30. Posted by Banker/Comedian | January 19, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    I heard they had a “staff” infection…

  31. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    >> Families depend on.

    if that’s a shitty excuse when JPM is foreclosing on someone’s house, then it’s a shitty one now.

  32. Posted by S. McGavin | January 19, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    don’t worry about your grandma, Gilmore. She can live with me in my house. She can be my maid.

  33. Posted by S. McGavin | January 19, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    don’t worry about your grandma, Gilmore. She can live with me in my house. She can be my maid.

  34. Posted by S. McGavin | January 19, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    don’t worry about your grandma, Gilmore. She can live with me in my house. She can be my maid.

  35. Posted by Yoda2 | January 19, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    Mmmm. A disturbence you sense?

  36. Posted by Yoda2 | January 19, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    Mmmm. A disturbence you sense?

  37. Posted by biased xBear ee | January 19, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    JPM and Blythe took over a perfectly well run energy trading business in Houston (Bear Energy) and have run it in to the ground…yep…the street is scared $hitless. Well done JP. Well done.

  38. Posted by Guessed | January 19, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    Easy people, eaaasssyyy. How about a snuggle sesh?

  39. Posted by Guessed | January 19, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    Easy people, eaaasssyyy. How about a snuggle sesh?

  40. Posted by Asd | January 19, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    That one made me cringe… But continue.

  41. Posted by Asd | January 19, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    That one made me cringe… But continue.

  42. Posted by Anonymous | January 19, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    Sure- meet me at Minetta’s

  43. Posted by Anonymous | January 19, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    Sure- meet me at Minetta’s

  44. Posted by Anonymous | January 19, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    Doubt it was too high. They got the Clearing business, Risk Arb, the Muni franchise + the RE at 383 Madison and elsewhere; basically blew out everyone else… and handed the “problem assets” to Uncle Sam… The RE alone was prob. worth more than $2/share.

  45. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    High school educated Tonys and Vinnys in PB get overpaid after BS take-under so JPM can assume client relationships.

    Business grows rapidly based on much stronger balance sheet of JPM vs. those at former BS competitors (ie third-tier banks).

    Tony and Vinny expect commensurate increase in comp.

    Head of PB (legacy BS) makes some snide brassballed remark in his speech at the holiday part about how his group drove IB earnings growth for the year… with the his boss standing right next to him.

    JPM smart enough to realize PB sales/cash trading is a commodity business, and the only thing HF clients care about is counterparty credit risk and liquidity, not how many beers their PB sales guy can drink or how big a Yankees fan he is.

    And boom goes the dynamite. You were all overpaid to being with, JPM just “fixed the glitch”. I hear the print shops are hiring again, prospectus orders are piling up.

  46. Posted by Guessed | January 19, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    I’ll bring the markers…I heard that’s what they do in Soviet Russia.

  47. Posted by Build_A_Son | January 19, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    Good luck with being a genius
    -Overeducated bear stuffer

  48. Posted by Anonymous | January 19, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    Listen Hoss, it just frosts my cookies when peeps don’t know the memes.

  49. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    And I hate myself for loving you.

  50. Posted by Drakes | January 19, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    Vinny from Jersey Shore?

  51. Posted by Adf | January 19, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    Let me see…JPM buys BSC & Sempra and then lets all those units languish…so what was the point of buying them? Turning Prop Energy units into flow trading…sounds like a great plan for synergy development. As for Prime Brokerage, you pay these guys money for their relationships…and that’s why MS and GS win at this, they understand how things work.

  52. Posted by Anonymous | January 19, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    And then in a couple of years, when the Ivy-educated automata running JPM have driven the business into the ground, they will (after having a meeting to plan the meeting to plan the meeting to plan the strategy session to draft the powerpoint to present to the consultants) carefully bring in their crack JPM I-bankers to sell the division to Cantor or Jeffries or whoever hired Vinnie and Tony for approximately 25% of its 01/01/11 value.

  53. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    The argument is the relationships were bought and assimilated. Pretty clear on the PB side JPM has effectively captured them all and then some.

    After a nice 2+ year just-the-tip session with all those clients JPM is now ready to go ballsdeep, knowing few if any of those HF’s will leave just because Tommy Toughnutts and Joey “The Chin” Pescapone got donkey punched on their 2010 number.

    The logistic nightmare that ensues while switching your PB is so mindnumbing, it’s in no way worth jumping ship to show “loyalty” to a mutt sales guy.

  54. Posted by Mandingo | January 19, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    JPM PB has not held on to the balances from 2008 that went over there when the sky was falling. GS and MS got the balances (and relationships) back and JPM has been used as a custodian of sorts. No leverage + no shorting = no money. The dead pool is starting on the top five JPM PB people leaving by May 1.

  55. Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    Can I get in on the dead pool?

  56. Posted by Mandingo | January 19, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    fire away. give me your top 5

  57. Posted by Mandingo | January 19, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    fire away. give me your top 5

  58. Posted by pb's bitch | January 19, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    Spokeswoman is completely right. It isn’t accurate. SOME OF US HAD OUR SALARIES SLASHED TOO!

  59. Posted by Guest | January 20, 2011 at 12:04 AM

    she is already my ‘maid’

  60. Posted by Bankster | January 20, 2011 at 4:38 AM

    PB are a bunch of glorified backoffice monkeys anyways. I love it when PB monkeys try to make bankers their peer set when they are glorifed process management sales clerks.
    Actually, that sounds a lot like IB too !!! Kidding, PB is bottom rung.

  61. Posted by Wide | January 21, 2011 at 3:22 AM

    Blythe and Jimmy Lee thank you for your hard work..

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