<![CDATA[On Wall Street, layoffs mean you get $50,000 for never showing up - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[On Wall Street, layoffs mean you get $50,000 for never showing up - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[On Wall Street, layoffs mean you get $50,000 for never showing up]]> Getting bought and laid off is the best scam there is. I have a friend whose companies flipped three times in a year and every time there was a bonus to stay, followed by a big severance. If only I had a nose for arbitrage I'd stay out of stocks and butter up the HR people. You could make a fortune!

raincoaster

]]> <![CDATA[On Wall Street, layoffs mean you get $50,000 for never showing up]]> Hey, I worked on the Street a long time ago and it's no picnic. I'll guarantee you that the $50K means little or nothing to the people who had jobs waiting, starting salaries for which were 2-3x the payoff. And you won't see any lawsuits 'cause no one wants to get blackballed in the business. As to the type of business it is, the work ethic and morals? Think of the worst company in the Valley, in terms of politics, cover-your-ass moves, power grabs, etc., that you ever worked for. Imagine a place twice as bad, where the admins have thick Brooklyn accents, where it snows a couple of months a year, where you commute by overcrowded subway or over-priced cab, where you spend more on your wardrobe than you would on your car.....begin to get the picture? Count your blessings.

AugieMarch

]]> <![CDATA[On Wall Street, layoffs mean you get $50,000 for never showing up]]> ^ lol. why, why, why didnt I study finance and work on wall street? what a fucking scam that entire industry is.

hatebook

]]> <![CDATA[On Wall Street, layoffs mean you get $50,000 for never showing up]]> wall street... the only place you'll find more crooks than wall street is in prison.

yawnster

]]> <![CDATA[On Wall Street, layoffs mean you get $50,000 for never showing up]]> What a nice deal - get $50K after getting fired? If I was in that group, I would be pushing for something in the six figure territory, as they most likely turned down other lucrative offers.

QADude

]]> <![CDATA[On Wall Street, layoffs mean you get $50,000 for never showing up]]> We're all six months away from fighting over cardboard boxes to sleep in.

matto

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