AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT INTERACTIVE MORTGAGE

Costa Mesa, California-based WinnPointe Corporation, a residential mortgage lender doing business as Interactive Mortgage has announced another major reduction in force.

The reduction in force will impact 51 employees, including three underwriters, fifteen loan officers, eleven processors, three funders, and nineteen administrative support personnel. The separation date is scheduled for April 7, 2022.

Over the past twelve months, the company has laid off 128 employees, including six underwriters, twenty loan officers, twenty-five funders, and fifty-one administrative support personnel.

128 employees have been laid off over the last year, including six underwriters, 20 LOs, 26 processors, 51 admins, and 25 funders.

It is unclear how many employees, if any, are left.

According to a company statement, the decision was driven by the economic collapse triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the dramatic recent increase in interest rates, noting the company has suffered more than a million dollars in losses. The decision on who to layoff will not be based exclusively on seniority, but we may use seniority as a basis.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT SANTANDER BANK (03/05/24)

MARCH 5, 2024 — 320 U.S. JOBS

The bank has announced it has cut 2.4% of its U.S. workforce, or 320 employees, to focus more on digital operations.

According to a company spokesperson, “The bank is evolving its U.S. business, investing in digital capabilities and simplified processes to adapt to changing customer needs. These steps have resulted in an update to our staffing model that impacts a small percentage of our branch colleagues.

MARCH 23, 2022 — 198 EMPLOYEES IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

198 employees in Santander Bank’s East Providence office will be let go on April 8, 2022, as the company stops issuing residential mortgages.

FEBRUARY 16, 2022 — Original post…

Boston, Massachusetts-based Santander U.S., a full-service bank subsidiary of Madrid, Spain-based Santander Bank, has announced that it is winding down its U.S. residential mortgage lending operations.

Approximately 800 employees nationwide may be impacted and layoffs are expected to commence in April 2022.

The decision was driven by internal studies that considered rising interest rates, lower originations, and fiercer competition.

According to the President and CEO of Santander Bank and its U.S. holding company,

Tim Wennes, “We are simplifying our business to focus on those areas where we can be successful with clients and deliver solid returns. We didn’t see a clear path to above cost-of-capital returns and made a decision to stop new originations. The decision should have no immediate impact on customers in Santander’s mortgage servicing portfolio."

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES

New York-based Credit Suisse Securities (USA), operating as an investment banking company offering strategic financial consulting,, wealth and asset management, capital raising, and private banking services., has announced the layoffs of employees located in its New York office.

According to a bank spokesperson, the decision was driven by the $5.5 billion in losses from the collapse of Archegos Capital Management.

The first permanent layoff of 69 employees will occur on March 6, 2022.

Additional layoffs associated with the closure of the company's U.S. prime services division, its prime brokerage businesses which it acts as a large lender to trading firms like Archegos, are scheduled for August 1, 2022.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?