酷兔英语

高盛(Goldman Sachs)工作的日子里,曾经有一天,艾尔弗雷德•费尔德(Alfred Feld)发现自己的名字被列在公司的拟裁员名单上。然后命运和一位支持他的上司扭转了这一局面。


One day into his job at Goldman Sachs, Alfred Feld found his name on a list of employees the firm had targeted for layoffs.


80年后,费尔德依然是在高盛工作。


Then fate, and a supportive boss, intervened.


现年98岁的费尔德周三说,曾经有一天他差点就被解雇了,他很高兴这样的事没有发生。


Eighty years later, Mr. Feld is still at it at Goldman.


费尔德在高盛的几代同事也很高兴他能一直坚守岗位。


'I came so close to being fired after one day,' Mr. Feld, 98 years old, said Wednesday. 'I'm glad that didn't happen.'


高盛上周表彰了这位任职时间最长的员工。在庆祝会上,包括首席执行长布兰克费恩(Lloyd Blankfein)在内的一些费尔德数年来的同事表达了对他的赞许。


Generations of Goldman colleagues are happy he stuck it out, too.


布兰克费恩在高盛私人理财业务部门一个全员会议上称赞了费尔德经历了数次恐慌、危机和衰退这些大部分华尔街人只听说过的事件的职业生涯。费尔德一生都在该部门工作,为客户提供个人理财咨询服务。


Goldman honored its longest-serving employee this week with a celebration that featured kind words from some of Mr. Feld colleagues over the years, including the firm's chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein.


费尔德在高盛的大部分时间是在纽约度过的,后来搬到了佛罗里达。尽管不再拥有自己的客户名单,他仍是这个理财部门的大使,并且自愿担任年龄可能不到他的三分之一的员工的顾问和导师。


Speaking during a town hall meeting for the firm's private wealth-management business, where Mr. Feld has spent a lifetime advising clients on their personal finances, Mr. Blankfein paid tribute to a career that has lived through numerous panics, crises and recessions that most Wall Street denizens have only read about.


布兰克费恩说,华尔街一直是一个吸引年轻人的地方。这次会议是在高盛纽约下城总部的礼堂举行的。


Mr. Feld spent most of his Goldman career in New York before moving to Florida. While he no longer has his own client list, he remains an ambassador for the wealth-management arm and willingadviser and mentor to colleagues who may be less than a third his age.


布兰克费恩的上方是在高盛佛罗里达棕榈滩办公室通过视频会议参加此次表彰大会的费尔德。但布兰克费恩还说,一个人不可替代的是判断力、经验和历史感。


'Wall Street has always been attractive to young people,' Mr. Blankfein said during his remarks at the town hall, which was held in the auditorium of Goldman's downtown New York headquarters.


布兰克费恩说,没有多少财务顾问像费尔德一样积累了这么多的经验,他是在1933年加入高盛的,当时美国的失业率高达25%。


Looming above Mr. Blankfein was Mr. Feld, who joined the tribute via videoconference from the firm's Palm Beach, Florida, office. But, Mr. Blankfein added, 'one thing you can't substitute is judgment and experience, and a sense of history.'


他说,我的意思是,坚持下去,你们刚刚走上正轨。


Few financial advisers have ever accumulated as much as Mr. Feld, who began his career at Goldman in 1933 -- when, Mr. Blankfein noted, the nation's unemployment rate stood at 25%.


他说,不断完善自己,有一天你们也能取得这样的成就。


'What can I say?' he said. 'Keep it up. You're just starting to get it right.


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'Keep improving and one day, son, this will all be yours.'




Justin Baer