Originally posted by slogger
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You have done incredibly well to get a gig at MS - they are generally offshoring a lot of stuff. They permies are getting very nervous from what they read in the press. As you say, its the same over the whole of finance. The days of the government throwing money at them seem to be over.
Hedge funds are also having a tough time. The one I worked at has now booted out all external investors and just manages their own money. Interestingly, they had a project that assumes the end of the banking system and assumes only one bank standing. HSBC.....
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