[3]It may be the worst possible job market for financial professionals in years but sometimes one has to draw the line. Like when moving across the Hudson river from Manhattan's One World Financial Center building to Jersey City - that may well be the only logical time when one is allowed to say: "I don't care about my bloated bonus or underserved compensation to buy the same stock that everyone else is buying. I quit." Not surprisingly 27 Fidelity employees have done just that. As the following notice from our favorite back-door website on New York's financial labor market shennanigans, the DOL's WARN site [4]informs us, 27 Fidelity analysts have opted to to quit nobly, than to accept "relocation packages" which would involve the Geneva convention banned torture of having to reverse-PATH commute every day to Fidelity's new Jersey City office at newport Office Center Three. Oh well, it can't be such a bad job market after all. Incidentally for any and all unemployed ZH readers in Jersey City, this probably means that there are about 27 openings at the Fidelity office thereabouts. Just give Ms Maria Kulsick a buzz at (603) 791-3459.
From WARN [4]:
Date of Notice: 1/25/2012
Control Number: 2011-0242
Rapid Response Specialist: Linda Foehr
Reason Stated for Filing: Plant Closing
Company:
Fidelity Investments
One World Financial Center, 200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
County: New York | WIB Name: NEW YORK CITY| Region: New York City
Contact: Maria Kulsick, Vice President, Human Resources
Phone: (603) 791-3459
Business Type: Security Investment
Number Affected: 27- employees who have not accepted relocation packages
Total Employees: -----
Layoff Date: 12 employees will be terminated on 4/30/2012, 15 employees on 5/31/2012
Closing Date: 5/31/2012
Reason for Dislocation: Relocation of office to NJ location-expiration of lease at present location
ERNUM: -----
Union: -----
Classification: Plant Closing