I was BSing with an alum the other day and he started talking about analysts that his firm had caught living at the office. I don't know if the kids were in between leases or what, but they would put in their 18 hour day and then just crash on the floor, clean up the next morning at a health club, then do it again.
How much truth there is to this, I have no idea. Regardless, I found it pretty funny. Definitely would make life even more miserable and is borderline impossible to manage this for a year, but also could save $20k+ in rent. Anyone have similar stories, or even been the analyst that literally lived in their cube?
Clearly it was an exaggeration.
If that is indeed true, it'd be brilliant (and hilarious). Were any of them fired?
I doubt it is true, but I did keep a pillow and would sleep under the desk in my cube when I was waiting for a turn in the middle of the night...you just have to make sure the phone is on super high volume or you wont wake up.
i know some analysts that have been in the office for 3-4 days straight and have only left to go shower / shave at the gym. My worst was a 41 hour day so there was no need for that.
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I wonder if any of the BBs with their own buildings would consider knocking out 2-3 floors into hotel rooms. That would make the banking life 100 times easier.
haha thats brilliant man... they totally should
Isn't GS's new NY HQ being built across from a hotel complex they own?
UBS in hong kong has a nap room. two beds. max is two hours per stay though.
The whole analyst living in the office is just an investment banking urban myth - everybody's heard the story but never actually witnessed it first hand...
I have considered doing it in between apartments for three days...but then I thought about it, and wouldn't I rather just find a friend to crash at with an actual bed. I actually ended up taking the days off to catch up on sleep, and got a great deal at a hotel in Queens.
100% truth --- you should be expecting to sleep in the office 5 days out of the week at a MINIMUM. Goodluck!
Makes it kind of hard to bring girls back to your place.
i've taken them back to the office and gotten serviced while updating my comps. my colleagues didn't mind.
considered it when closing a deal...but i live like a 10 min walk away
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