I worked for a major American bank for 9 months. I was in a pit of despair and thought I'll work for evil I might at least get paid for it. After about 8 months they threw this bacchanalian celebration to mark that they had 20 trillion worth of debt on their books. I was fucken horrified and handed in my notice.
A wicked racket, I make sure I have as little to do with it as I can. They make it bloody hard work though.
*edit this was in 2007