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If This Credit Trading Thing Doesn’t Work Out, Citi Employees In London Have A Career In Gift Wrapping To Fall Back On
By Bess Levin
Behold the amazing attention to detail that was brought to wrapping the desk of a colleague, who showed up late the day after group holiday party. The mouse! The stapler! The tight, clean corners on the monitors!
The good news: due to logistical issues, no one will be fired before tonight’s holiday party! The less good news: you’ll likely still be fired eventually. Read more »
Are you employed by an organization that jumped on the Holiday Party Ban bandwagon back in ’08 and never got off, or chose to downsize what were once magical affairs where anything could happen to a bunch of people milling around in the lobby? This year, do you want all that to change? Do you want to be able to go hog wild and eat more than the one bag of chips allotted per employee? Do you want to propose paying a senior staffer for a lap dance and not have it be grounds for dismissal this time? You’ve come to the right place. Read more »
Former Galleon employee Zvi Goffer, his Emanuel Goffer and Michael Kimelman, their partner at Incremental Capital, were found guilty this morning on “fraud and conspiracy to commit insider trading” charges. They each face 25 years in prison, meaning it’s going to be along time before another one of these: Read more »
Holiday Party Adviser Offers Good Rules For Hermits, Those Not Looking To Better Their Situation
By Bess LevinThe most wonderful time of year is upon us– the office holiday party season. On any given night this month, scores of you will have the opportunity to spend several additional hours with people you despise and possibly rub up against them on the company dime. Today brings a list of rules under the guise of “surviving” said occasion. You should pay attention to them if a) you’ve have little to no human interaction since joining the work force or b) you have no interest in making a splash. Read more »
For the 2008 holiday season, most financial institutions canceled or drastically downsized their office parties to one communal bag of chips. Fine. Last year, despite the shit somewhat receding from the fan, The People still had scalding hot pokers up Wall Street’s ass and many firms once again said no, some even to employees partying on their own, out of self-preservation. For 2010, however, we figured the dry-spell was over. Disturbingly, such is not the case. Read more »
I’d like a show of hands– who among us is looking to throw her/her office the best holiday party ever? I know what you’re thinking– we’re quite a long ways away from the holiday party season. Which is a good thing, because what I’m about to tell you needs to be dealt with months in advance. In fact, I’m slightly worried that it’s too late but if you get on the horn now it might be salvageable. To those of you who answered my question in the affirmative, nod along with me as we all agree that while food is important, as are celebrity waiters on the catering staff, music is essential to a successful soiree. You can’t just have any old shit DJ or band. You need the finest talent money can buy, and for those of you on your ways to an extremely profitable year, I’m advising you now– stop what you’re doing and book this guy today. Read more »
When Zvi “Octopussy” Goffer decided to dip one of his tentacles in the sweetness of insider trading, do you think he realized all that he’d be forced to give up if caught? Obviously we’re not talking about his wife, child, and freedom to wear tracksuits here, but rather the chance to wake up with his brother and a bunch of other dudes the morning after what appears to have been quite the rager?
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