ops

If I choose to take an analyst position at MS Ops and stick with it for the long term, how fast would my pay go up? I know it's definitely not front-office pay, but I just wanna compare if I would make more in Ops or Big4 in the long term.

and is that a decent career?

Assuming I get stuck in operations for the long haul. I know exit opps are limited, but within the specific company. I know after the 2 year analyst stint you become a specialist or manager. I don't know how longer you stay there, what exactly you do, and what the pay progression is like.

I emailed them and they said "I'm happy to say that as far as I know there will be NO IMPACT!. You guys are important to us."

Don't know if I really should believe that.

Which should I go with? I'm thinking citi since it would be easier to stay with them after 2 years, I get to work in the citi, and the people seem nice. Morgan stanley I think the culture would blow, and if they do get bought out corp treasury would be the very first to go (whoever buys them would bring their own corp treasuary people in)
Deutsche I dont know much about asie from what you can get from the net, but I think working for a U.S. company is better, and they might stick me in non-nyc.

The one down side its that deustche and MS were recruiting at beter schools for ops, so does this mean the citi program wil be worse? or does it mean it'd be easier for me to get a promotion?

I got the offer yesterday. Then today a VP who interviewed me called me and told me I was their top ranked interviewee, and offered to take me out and such. Is this common, or do they call everyone that has an offer and tell them that? Also, will this guarantee I'll atleast be in a good route in Ops?

It sucks I have a 3.4 with a trading internship background from Stern, I'm extremely knowledgable about the markets, but a 3.4 isn't going to get you a front office trading, so I think I'm stuck with this.

I mean its not bad, and the pay is good, so I'm happy what I got with this environment. But when they tell you you were one of the best, it kind of makes me feel like I could've done better job wise.

So she calls me

asks me why ops, I do the whole " i want to learn more about financial markets, and want a stable job which is important in these turbulent time yada yada yada"

She talks for 15 minutes about what ops is, doesnt let me get a word in (she was nice, but just kept talking).

I get to go over like 2 seconds about my resume

She talked a lot about the exit opportunities of ops, and the next round. So I dont know if its a good thing or bad.

but wtf I never had an interview like this, even when I folded clothes in my HS days.

(btw they did away with their rotational program, its not 2 years on one desk)