Goldman Sachs yanks free coffee perk as layoffs loom

Goldman Sachs bankers — many of them already jittery over the prospect of getting fired — were greeted with a cold slap as they returned to work on Tuesday: crappy coffee that was no longer free. As the rank and file filtered into the mega-bank’s posh Manhattan headquarters at 200 West St., those that went to grab their usual cup of joe in the so-called “Sky Lobby” on the 11th floor were confronted with “a sign and a woman yelling at us that it was no longer complimentary,” one caffeine-addicted employee griped.-- More...