Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Layoff Watch: Goldman Said To Cut Jobs





Goldman Sachs Group cut fewer than 50 jobs last week to trim expenses as the bank’s revenue prospects worsen, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.  The reductions included some managing directors, the second-highest position at the firm after partners, said the person, who asked not be identified because he wasn’t authorized to talk.

Goldman Sachs, the fifth-biggest U.S. bank by assets, employed 32,400 people at the end of March, down from 35,400 a year earlier, according to the New York-based company’s most recent quarterly earnings report. The firm is expected to earn $2.29 a share in the second quarter, according to the average estimate of 25 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. That’s a decline of 42 percent from the preceding three-month period.

Goldman Sachs appointed 261 people to managing director last year, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News. That was a decline of 19 percent from a year earlier, when a record 321 people were promoted to that level…

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