Posted on 09/15/2021 10:45:42 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Was just wondering...I haven't seen any stories about what is going on in the trading exchanges per the Covid crisis. Do those folks have to be vaccinated, or are they exempt? You just don't walk away from a Wall Street job. Are they wearing masks? Or, is this all JUST for the little people? Can someone enlighten me.
Bank robbers always wear masks....................
Very few wall street folks (less than 1% - by a lot) are working on the floor. Most work for large investment firms all over the country, with certainly a lot in various places in NYC, largely in Midtown.
There are very few traders in the pits. Almost all trading electronic.
That still doesn’t answer the question. ARE those guys vaccinated and ARE they wearing masks where they are working?
Long gone are the days when runners in color coded blazers passed orders around on the trading floor. Trades are entered on line with a few clicks of the keyboard and a mouse these day.
Wall Street firms know full well that pay and compensation is not what the firm wants to pay but what the competition is willing to pay. The firms can’t afford to lose high-level talent to their competitors.
BTTT! That is hysterical, Red Badger!!
A little off topic, however got a jury summons the other day. I’m sure ill have to wear the diaper but I wonder if not taking the jab might get me out of it.
“The floor” is for all intents and purposes done.
NYC is done too - mainly because banking and commercial real estate were some of the few haymakers keeping it from sliding into the East River.
It ain’t coming back any time soon either.
My uncle started out running orders around fresh out of High School using a HANDTRUCK. He wound up with a seat on the exchange - no college.
"Gone are the days" is right. I think NYC is "gone" too.
Most of them are vaccinated, but not all. Just depends on the firm. Masks I’m less sure of. Whats your point though?
Wall Street hadn’t crossed my mind, but I’ve wondered if large law firms like Kirkland & Ellis or Latham are requiring masks and vaccination. Can only imagine the debates that are going on in places like that.
My point is, are the big law firms requiring vaccination and masks? It's a simple question. So, if you know, answer the question.
lolol.
Law firms or wall street? Most wall street guys are traders. The answer is it varies - there are thousands of investment firms all over the country.
Definitely tell them you refuse to take the jab.
Also, scribble on the return notice 666, Mengele, and Mark of the Beast and there is no way they will call you!
Is there still a trading floor?
Most every buy/sell order is done on computers.
Lol
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