CRE friends—what kind of work do you find most interesting: JVs, debt/mezz/preferred equity financing, acquisitions/dispositions, leasing, crowdfunding/syndication, anything else? My annual review is coming up and I’m going to request to explore more areas of the practice this year (I exclusively do lender debt financing right now). Thanks!
I'll be seeing some PPEDs in my meeting this afternoon and will see if I can get more details. Hang tight!
Soooo, kevin virostek crashed our meeting. I thought about asking him about the layoffs but didn't have the balls to 😬 but I talked to our civilian account partner and she send we are just not seeing the revenue that we forecasted. A lot of companies are pausing (especially with the new administration coming in) and waiting to see how things play out. For example, M&A has basically dried up for us. The economy is obviously temporary, but we just can't afford to keep that large of a bench, hence the layoffs. However, GPS is hiring and we anticipate that 4 out of 5 people we hire will be IT. So if you have an IT background and are located in the D.C. metro area or are interested in relocating, come to the dark side of federal! 😈 hope that explanation helps.
*these. Not Jews! 😶
I must live in a bubble. I never hear these rumours.
Show some compassion people. We can all be in layoff shoes at any moment in time.
This post has as much value as butt lint... fun to watch go down the drain, but that's about it.
Thanks for the clarification EY1. For a minute I was stunned speechless.
Can someone clarify these layoffs and what's happening ?
Seriously what are you hearing be specific.
Only benchers be worried.
Yes.
But just to clarify, what did you hear and from whom?
200 people from Chicago getting laid off sounds ridiculous
My partner told me that another round of layoffs are coming. This was back in Oct maybe? EY is very hush about Jews things. Gotta know PPEDs to get the scoop.
Grumble grumble op... rumor mill... grumble grumble
Long time benchers
Thanks EY1 - what a great summary!
So will there be more layoffs after mid year reviews?
yes OP
If you are deemed off track and/or have poor utilization, you are going to have a bad time