Comments on: The Conference Room: How You Get Fired In Finance http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/ Career advice for ambitious college students and recent graduates: how to get a job in finance and how to maintain your sanity. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cost Savings Anyone? « Vanessaterreto’s Weblog http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-1082 Cost Savings Anyone? « Vanessaterreto’s Weblog Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:58:03 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-1082 [...] 5, 2007 » Cost Savings Anyone? June 2, 2008 21 Apr 2008 - The Inquisitor has a lovely article this morning all about getting fired in investment banking.  "So, what happens when [...] [...] 5, 2007 » Cost Savings Anyone? June 2, 2008 21 Apr 2008 - The Inquisitor has a lovely article this morning all about getting fired in investment banking.  "So, what happens when [...]

]]> By: Prepping For An Imminent Layoff | Financial Analyst Blog http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-682 Prepping For An Imminent Layoff | Financial Analyst Blog Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:39:02 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-682 [...] latest article by the Inquisitor, The Conference Room: How You Get Fired in Finance, is a sad reflection of times. This anonymous investment banker is offering advice to young [...] [...] latest article by the Inquisitor, The Conference Room: How You Get Fired in Finance, is a sad reflection of times. This anonymous investment banker is offering advice to young [...]

]]> By: Inquisitor http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-614 Inquisitor Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:59:42 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-614 cuban - if true, that's amazing. $50 for dinner.... wow. cuban - if true, that’s amazing. $50 for dinner…. wow.

]]> By: Private Equity HUB - peHUB First Read http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-612 Private Equity HUB - peHUB First Read Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:55:42 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-612 [...] * No one is getting hired in finance anymore, so M&A turns the discussion toward how to get fired. [...] [...] * No one is getting hired in finance anymore, so M&A turns the discussion toward how to get fired. [...]

]]> By: cuban http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-610 cuban Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-610 My firm just raised their Maximum dinner expense from $35 to $50, so I'm taking that as a positive sign. My firm just raised their Maximum dinner expense from $35 to $50, so I’m taking that as a positive sign.

]]> By: Inquisitor http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-595 Inquisitor Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:35:46 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-595 Usually very few, because when the economy is good everyone jumps to PEs/HFs and when things are bad, everyone gets fired. Kind of a depressing way to look at it, but when the market is better and hiring is picking up, pretty much anyone who's good and wants to stay will get promoted to Associate... so keep that in mind too. Usually very few, because when the economy is good everyone jumps to PEs/HFs and when things are bad, everyone gets fired.

Kind of a depressing way to look at it, but when the market is better and hiring is picking up, pretty much anyone who’s good and wants to stay will get promoted to Associate… so keep that in mind too.

]]> By: Justin http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-593 Justin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:55:42 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-593 yuck...depressing post. how many percent of analysts (all other things being equal) usually receive a promotion to the associate position? yuck…depressing post. how many percent of analysts (all other things being equal) usually receive a promotion to the associate position?

]]> By: Deal Journal - WSJ.com : Afternoon Reading: Yahoo. We're Waiting. http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-587 Deal Journal - WSJ.com : Afternoon Reading: Yahoo. We're Waiting. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:20:17 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-587 [...] their political hopes on Barack Obama, Dan Primack writes at peHUB.?Mergers & Inquisitions eschews its usual post on how to get into finance for a piece on getting fired in finance.?Hedge funds [...] [...] their political hopes on Barack Obama, Dan Primack writes at peHUB.?Mergers & Inquisitions eschews its usual post on how to get into finance for a piece on getting fired in finance.?Hedge funds [...]

]]> By: How To Get Laid Off « bluntlysaid http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-585 How To Get Laid Off « bluntlysaid Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:59:12 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-585 [...] Links that rock, Un-Wordy | Tags: Banking. Laid off. Credit Crisis. Unemployment. Word to your mama. This guy says some pretty good stuff—and, having just found out about another round of [...] [...] Links that rock, Un-Wordy | Tags: Banking. Laid off. Credit Crisis. Unemployment. Word to your mama. This guy says some pretty good stuff—and, having just found out about another round of [...]

]]> By: Cost Savings Anyone? | Prince of Wall Street http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-578 Cost Savings Anyone? | Prince of Wall Street Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:38:02 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/04/20/conference-room-investment-banking-layoffs/#comment-578 [...] Apr 2008 - The Inquisitor has a lovely article this morning all about getting fired in investment banking.  "So, what happens when [...] [...] Apr 2008 - The Inquisitor has a lovely article this morning all about getting fired in investment banking.  "So, what happens when [...]

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