Third-year Gulfstreams, pilots, and flight attendants have been encouraged to explore opportunities elsewhere. Read more »
Layoffs
The House of Gorman is said to be in the process of letting some employees down easy. Read more »
Cuts were said to have gone down at the House of Dougan this week. Read more »
While Brady Dougan is keeping his job, the same cannot be said for 1/3 of European investment bankers. Read more »
The bad news is that Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, UBS, and others have been making cuts and are expected to continue to do so. The good news is that not everybody is upset about it. Read more »
The bad news is that 600 of the Queen’s corgis are being let go. The good news, while it probably comes as little solace to those who will no longer receive birthday chickens, is that 300 or so new ones will be hired in their place. Read more »
The firings continue, and the timing is impeccable. Read more »
Supposedly summer cuts are under consideration at all firms. Read more »
A whole bunch of senior people were to pack up their things and leave last Thursday. Read more »
Mr. Jain, 49 years old, played a central role in building Deutsche Bank’s investment-banking business over nearly two decades as it reached beyond its staid commercial-banking roots. Investment banking now generates about 70% of the overall bank’s profits most quarters. He takes the [CEO] post at a time when many analysts consider the lender one of the least well capitalized among its investment-banking peers. The bank also faces a litany of legal problems on both sides of the Atlantic. Those who know Mr. Jain say he will cut the fat at the banking giant, sell businesses that don’t meet profit goals and shutter others. [WSJ]
Cuts are said to have gone down at the Swiss bank today. Read more »
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