Fortune reports that despite negative press, Morgan Stanley CEO says Wall Street is still attractive, and that bank stocks will outperform the market in the next few years. Apparently, getting a bonus check for $125,000 isn't as disheartening as it may seem to some on Wall Street.
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, speaking at a Fortune breakfast series, said his firm has lost only two high-level employees since capping year-end cash bonuses for 2011 at $125,000. The news of the low year-end pay, at least by Wall Street standards, has sparked griping that being an investment banker is not worth it anymore. Some have said it was a big ego blow. A New York Magazine cover story on the topic had a picture of a person in a suit, presumably a banker, holding his crotch.
Last month, though, Gorman said employees who were unhappy with their pay "should just leave." Few did. Gorman told Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer that the idea that Occupy Wall Street, falling pay checks and allegations that clients are treated like "muppets" is hurting recruiting and retention is "ridiculous."
Read all about it at http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/03/16/james-gorman-morgan-stanley/
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