Wall Street - Paytime

“Then don’t resign yet,” Julian said. “Wait until January. Collect your reduced bonus. Take the rest of the month off. Come back after New Year’s, and we’ll make the move together.”

Victoria went on. “As a result, the bonus pool is being recalculated. Everyone’s payout will be reduced by 40%, effective immediately. Additionally, anyone whose bonus was below $500,000 will receive nothing this year. We will issue revised letters by 5:00 p.m.” wall street paytime

They shook hands. Marcus walked out of Julian’s office, through the trading floor—now half-empty, littered with abandoned coffee cups and strewn papers—and into the elevator. When he reached the lobby, he paused at the glass doors and looked out at Wall Street. The sky was already dark, but the buildings were lit up like monuments to something he couldn’t quite name anymore. Greed, maybe. Or fear. Or just the endless, brutal arithmetic of survival. “Then don’t resign yet,” Julian said