Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two things:
(1) A large part of q3 profits were driven by consumer spending, which we want (insert all the necessary qualifications here)
(2) It's misleading to say that "banks made money". Banks don't make money, shareholders make money. Owners make money. Stakeholders are typically beneficiaries.
It's certainly awful that people are out of work. But that's always the case to some degree. And so in this situation I'd ask: what's the alternative you're suggesting? Or are you just griping because you read some economic headline?
I think OP means that bankers make too much money for what they do, considering they mostly cater to themselves, rich clients, and don't particularly care about poor clients. It's the standard inequalities gripe. Which I can understand. Economic inequality is pretty dire in modern societies that built democracies purposefully to try and bring prosperity and decision-making to all.
The idea that they cater to the rich is true but wrong. IB revenue is driven by deals for companies that provide jobs. There would be a lot less jobs without our banking system because otherwise raising capital would not work. Not capital no jobs. Maybe they make too much money but they make what they can, the same as anyone else.
As to the more general point, we are in a deal boom time right now. Of course they are busy. The economy is moving along fine right now. Slower, slightly but just slightly less jobs. It is a bit uneven at the moment. But contrary to the views I see on DCUM things are not dire. They could turn that way but they are not that bad right now. Unemployment is quite low -- that does not help someone out of work but as a general matter the job market is not shedding lots of jobs -- it is just not hot like it was.
Anonymous wrote:We need to hire 8 people in a small company and cant find anyone whose resume doesn't show job- hopping every two months or put a phone down during work day.
Where are the people who want to work?
Anonymous wrote:Two things:
(1) A large part of q3 profits were driven by consumer spending, which we want (insert all the necessary qualifications here)
(2) It's misleading to say that "banks made money". Banks don't make money, shareholders make money. Owners make money. Stakeholders are typically beneficiaries.
It's certainly awful that people are out of work. But that's always the case to some degree. And so in this situation I'd ask: what's the alternative you're suggesting? Or are you just griping because you read some economic headline?
Anonymous wrote:We need to hire 8 people in a small company and cant find anyone whose resume doesn't show job- hopping every two months or put a phone down during work day.
Where are the people who want to work?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two things:
(1) A large part of q3 profits were driven by consumer spending, which we want (insert all the necessary qualifications here)
(2) It's misleading to say that "banks made money". Banks don't make money, shareholders make money. Owners make money. Stakeholders are typically beneficiaries.
It's certainly awful that people are out of work. But that's always the case to some degree. And so in this situation I'd ask: what's the alternative you're suggesting? Or are you just griping because you read some economic headline?
I think OP means that bankers make too much money for what they do, considering they mostly cater to themselves, rich clients, and don't particularly care about poor clients. It's the standard inequalities gripe. Which I can understand. Economic inequality is pretty dire in modern societies that built democracies purposefully to try and bring prosperity and decision-making to all.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:More money for us this year! Things were so grim in Q1. This is good news.
Please explain. Because the average person is feeling crushed.
Anonymous wrote:We need to hire 8 people in a small company and cant find anyone whose resume doesn't show job- hopping every two months or put a phone down during work day.
Where are the people who want to work?
Anonymous wrote:We need to hire 8 people in a small company and cant find anyone whose resume doesn't show job- hopping every two months or put a phone down during work day.
Where are the people who want to work?
Anonymous wrote:More money for us this year! Things were so grim in Q1. This is good news.
Anonymous wrote:Two things:
(1) A large part of q3 profits were driven by consumer spending, which we want (insert all the necessary qualifications here)
(2) It's misleading to say that "banks made money". Banks don't make money, shareholders make money. Owners make money. Stakeholders are typically beneficiaries.
It's certainly awful that people are out of work. But that's always the case to some degree. And so in this situation I'd ask: what's the alternative you're suggesting? Or are you just griping because you read some economic headline?