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[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 119 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, cool! You make saxophones?

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 104 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

When I lived in DC this was my favorite thing to do at parties.

"Congressional Staffer? Is that like a temp agency?"

"Department of which state exactly?"

"Yeah ok buddy and I work at the irregular tetrahedron."

People would get way too upset about it.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Many of them equate career to quality of person.

[–] CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

When I go back to being a Beltway Bandit, I need to remember these!

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I'll bet you're a VP too."

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For those in the know, that is a hard roast. Why don't you just kick him in the fork next time?!

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh, Goldman also does the weirdly inflated titles game like Morgan Stanley?

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They call everyone a VP so idiot customers can brag about how some important guy gave them investment advice. It's a scam to fool the gullible.

[–] TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think originally it came from banking regulations requiring high level approval before someone could do risky shit. So now everyone is a VP

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 year ago

So, it was a legal loophole? That's kinda even more shady lol

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most financial institutions do, even down to local banks.

[–] S_204@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Real estate people too. If you're not a VP in real estate, you don't really exist. I've met guys with a VP title who are like 23 years old and not even done their mbas. It just makes everyone look stupid.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

From my experience working as an IT freelancer in the industry (so I've worked in a number of places), they all do that in Finance.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gold Man Sacks? Nice! How much are gilded testicles?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gol D. Man Sacks: you know what they're calling me these days?

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 points 1 year ago

"You want my treasure? You can't have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place. Now i need yours too."

[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean the Jewish purse manufacturer in France?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Jewy Vuitton?

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 62 points 1 year ago

One of the great temples of capitalism, where money is sucked from everywhere to enrich 3 old fuckers who really should've died of old age 30 years ago

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

One of the banks involved in the financial meltdown of 2008.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Recruitment agency for a lot of government positions. Sometimes called as Government Sachs.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs

[–] enleeten@discuss.online 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some kind of textile manufacturer?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They make boutique tote bags.

[–] ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Gold who sucks?

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Should've said he worked at the Vampire Squid.

[–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago