After tech, it’s the banks’ turn to lay off

Goldman Sachs. This is the most emblematic case. The most prestigious – or sulphurous, depending on where you are – of American investment banks is cutting back. Announced on Monday, the plan has already begun to be executed. Less important than expected, it involves a cut of around 3,200 jobs according to the Anglo-Saxon press (the figure has not been confirmed) out of the nearly 50,000 that the Wall Street bank has.