Mindful that they quickly had to rehire after the dotcom bust, the last big round of lay-offs, many in the industry had hoped for modest job losses.

• 考虑到在上一轮大规模裁员时，随着网络经济的繁荣银行业不得不再迅速重新招人，许多业内人士都希望这次裁员应该适度。