Feeling dejected about corporate life and thinking of starting own business
Using a throwaway account for obvious reasons...I'm in my late 20s and have a mid-level corporate job. I worked on Wall Street (being vague here on purpose and no I'm not a 3rd year IB analyst) for a couple years after college than moved into corporate hoping for better hours and a better lifestyle. Yes there are some things about Wall Street I was happy to be rid of (e.g., true all-nighters, insane client requests, being your own 2 AM graphics dept, etc.). However, overall corporate has been largely disappointing. Here are my biggest gripes -
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Average hours are barely better. Yes there are fewer all-nighters but when things were slow in my prior life, hours weren't that bad. Also in corporate, its minimum 45 hours a week and that's 45 hours of work, not 5 hours waiting for the MD to write in deck comments.
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Coworkers are overall lower quality. Yes their are some a**holes on wall street but I found most people to be smart, driven and decent to work with. In corporate you get a few stars, lots of okay and more than a few duds
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Work is barely more exciting than what I was during as an analyst and I'm not that far from the exec level.
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The culture in most corporate functions (FP&A, Treasury, Accounting), etc. tends to be VERY risk-averse and as someone that has a more entrepreneurial spirit, this has been frustrating
As I said in #4, I have an entrepreneurial personality. I'm thinking of taking the plunge in the next 1-2 years and starting my own business. Without going into details, I have the financial ability to do so but it would certainly be a big change compared to my current situation. Any comments would be helpful. Am I just really bored with the Covid lockdown? Have I had bad luck with the companies I've worked at? Thank you!
