One after another, major financial firms are trimming their payrolls. In first-quarter earnings announcements this month, Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley revealed that they have slashed more than 31,000 jobs, or 3.5 percent of their combined workforce, in the past year. For three of those banks, it was the … Continue reading
U.S. financial sector loses 459,400 jobs in four years – The Business Journals The recession may officially be over, but its effects are lingering in the financial sector. The nation’s 100 biggest metropolitan areas lost a collective total of 459,400 financial-activities jobs during the past four years, according to an On Numbers analysis. The U.S. … Continue reading
Having already slashed bonuses, banks including Citigroup Inc.,Goldman Sachs Group Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are preparing to cut dozens of jobs, including some held by senior bankers, according to people familiar with the matter. As they pursue this targeted round of trims as soon as next month, they and rivals are also … Continue reading