You know it's intern season when...

You know it's intern season when...

  • Someone sends you an email and it has your first name followed with a comma
  • Someone sends you an email and it has your first name behind a Mr/Mrs.
  • Someone sends you an email and they hit reply all.
  • Someone locks their keys in the car (lol)
  • Someone sends an excel spread sheet out and highlight whole shet before filtering the last name collem and now every ones last name is wrong
  • Someone forgets to change the subject line of a template email before sending it.
  • Someone asks you what would you like in your cofee
  • Someone is always missing because the have to go to weekly intern speaker things
  • Someone dosen't know how to set up VPN despite being told to make sure it works before coming back to work the next day
  • Someone dosen't know the difference between their and there in emails sent to people
  • Someone makes the mistake of listing there office phone number in their signature and all of a sudden people call you when they have issues
  • When the person who sent you an email has no clue what they are takling about when you call them
  • Someone runs in to the damn cofee table or w/e the hell that thing is in the middle the flipping hall way
  • Someone keeps posting garbage content on the first page of this website
 
blastoise:
- Some on goes into womens restroom b/c it's right next to the stairwell

Hey now, it happens to all of us that we accidentally go into the wrong gender restroom. Those long hours and rushed corrections take a toll on you.

I may not be on the Jedi Council, but I sure am great with the Force. See my WSO blog posts
 
Disincentivy:
blastoise:
- Some on goes into womens restroom b/c it's right next to the stairwell

Hey now, it happens to all of us that we accidentally go into the wrong gender restroom. Those long hours and rushed corrections take a toll on you.

We have key cards to open every door and bathrooms require key card, so I didn't get to explore the place of gossip, but almost!

 

I hope to god your "there office" comment is intentional.

To add to your list: 1- Someone calls you at 1:30 AM because they are stuck on a technical detail 2- Someone lies about their age 3- Someone sends emails missing attachments 4- Someone panics when you make a compliance joke 5- Someone is too scared to make eye contact with anyone above associate level 6- Someone thinks they are a player

I may not be on the Jedi Council, but I sure am great with the Force. See my WSO blog posts
 
Disincentivy:
I hope to god your "there office" comment is intentional.

To add to your list:

3- Someone sends emails missing attachments - Did this LOL

5- Someone is too scared to make eye contact with anyone above associate level -- All my interactions are with managers, VPs and directors so not a problem for moi

 
blastoise:
You know it's intern season when...
  • Some one dosen't know the difference between their and there in emails sent to people
  • Some one makes the mistake of listing there office phone number

wot

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
 
  • when people look happy going to work.
"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 
blastoise:
You know it's intern season when...
  • Someone sends you an email and it has your first name followed with a comma
Shit, I do this. What's the preferred addressing method?
 
obscenity:
blastoise:
You know it's intern season when...
  • Someone sends you an email and it has your first name followed with a comma
Shit, I do this. What's the preferred addressing method?

i just noticed all the other ppl who are not interns are not formal at all internally

 
blastoise:
obscenity:
blastoise:
You know it's intern season when...
  • Someone sends you an email and it has your first name followed with a comma
Shit, I do this. What's the preferred addressing method?

i just noticed all the other ppl who are not interns are not formal at all internally

Fight the tendancy
  • when people come to work happy
  • when they ask if there's anything they can do to help
  • when they cc the MD for a stupid fucking question
  • (followup) when they don't understand why they just got yelled at
Get busy living
 
dabears432:
What's the problem with first name + comma? i do that too.
It's the implication that interns have the time/take the effort to properly address emails (which is a little in-your-face about the amount of work they have to do compared to FT bankers). Harried analysts, when emailing other analysts/associates, don't even use a greeting. Usually it's just something like, "Here you go." or "Fixed." or sometimes nothing at all, just the subject line. Ain't got no time for this addressing shit when it's 2am and you have pitchbooks to bind.
Currently: future neurologist, current psychotherapist Previously: investor relations (top consulting firm), M&A consulting (Big 4), M&A banking (MM)
 
dabears432:
What's the problem with first name + comma? i do that too.

It's a better practice that if you initiate the email you include a greeting.

Example: Good Morning Dabears, or Hello Dabears,

If they send back with a comment or a question, you respond directly without greetings or names or whatever. At the end you add name to the closure. Example: Thanks a lot, Dabears for your help More informal: Will get it done as soon as possible, Dabears

When I see an email that starts with: Disincentivy,

You better be in a higher position, otherwise you will get the 'regards," treatment and a scolding later when I have time to waste on you.

I may not be on the Jedi Council, but I sure am great with the Force. See my WSO blog posts
 
Best Response
Disincentivy:
dabears432:
What's the problem with first name + comma? i do that too.

It's a better practice that if you initiate the email you include a greeting.

Example: Good Morning Dabears, or Hello Dabears,

If they send back with a comment or a question, you respond directly without greetings or names or whatever. At the end you add name to the closure. Example: Thanks a lot, Dabears for your help More informal: Will get it done as soon as possible, Dabears

When I see an email that starts with: Disincentivy,

You better be in a higher position, otherwise you will get the 'regards," treatment and a scolding later when I have time to waste on you.

"Regards treatment?" lol is ending with "Regards" a bad thing? I end most e-mails that way.

"Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman." -- George Soros
 

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