Citigroup To Keep The Layoffs Coming Next Year
Last month, Citigroup announced that it was mulling over the idea of relieving 3,000 employees of their commitments to the firm. A couple weeks later, it decided that yes, that sounded like a good idea, and begangiving peoplethe signal. Perhaps to a) send a message that no one should get comfortable yet and b) make it clear to existing staff holding out hope that it was true their direct report just ran out for a pack of smokes and would be "back in 10" that no, Daddy's not coming home, Uncle Vik announced today:
...the bank will cut about 4,500 jobs in coming quarters as Pandit seeks to trim costs amid slumping revenue. Citigroup will take a charge of about $400 million in the fourth quarter tied to the reductions, including severance, Pandit, 54, said today during an investor conference in New York. Citigroup, the third-biggest U.S. lender by assets, employed about 267,000 people at the end of the third quarter, according to a quarterly filing.
Citigroup Plans to Cut 4,500 Jobs [Bloomberg]