The House of Lloyd is said to be doing its annual cut of the bottom 5 percent and then some later this week. Read more »
Layoffs
Both are expected to go down shortly. Read more »
Cuts are said to have gone down at the House o’ Dimon this morning, apparently affecting a handful of equities employees.
Earlier this week Barlcays promised not to dawdle when it comes to canning the 2,000 employees slated to be cut. Today employees in Asia got to experience that follow-through in action! Read more »
No more long, dragged out firings. No more dread-filled days wondering if HR is coming for you and, if so, when. If you’re a Barclays employee set to be canned, you’re getting canned A-SAP. Read more »
Morgan Stanley may be done showing people the door but State Street is just getting started.
SSC said today that it would cut 630 jobs in a conference call and filing larded down with jargon to soften the fact that it’s canning 2% of its staff. The result, according to CEO Joseph Hooley, will be a “leaner, more efficient, and more profitable enterprise,” even after one takes into account the roughly $220K a head it will cost to lay people off. Read more »
Cuts are said to be going down in New York. Read more »
Cuts are expected to go down in Asia. (Update: and elsewhere!) Read more »
Others beg to differ. Read more »
With Knight Capital Group’s days as an independent entity waning, the Jersey City brokerage’s employees are preparing for the future, so sayeth Charles Gasparino. Read more »
Earlier this month, it was reported that Barclays’ investment bank chief Rich Ricci was working on a little something called Project Mango,* which is similar to Bank of America’s Project New BAC in that one aspect of it involves firing a bunch of people, as part of a plan to revamp the unit. According to the Journal, management is now putting the finishing touches on Project M and all that is left to decide is whether cutting 2,000 IBD jobs is enough or if they should think bigger. Read more »
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