BB Summer Analyst hours and work
For summer analysts at BBs who have already started or if anyone has any idea in general what should be expected so SA’s in terms of work and hours this summer? Any insights?
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Not at a BB, but for my virtual internship, the hours have been as follows:
8:00 - Wake up check phone for emails (usually nothing, if there's something panic and run to my desk)
8:45/9 - Start working if I have anything to work on, if not usually chill till about 10ish, then email people on my team one by one to see if I can help.
10-6 - Work/ calls with team/ watch Netflix depending on if I'm assigned something or not
6-9 - there have been a couple of days when I have used this time to work when the FT analysts are jammed, and there is a client deliverable that needs to get done (you know who is doing the first draft of those appendix slides)
9-12? - This has been by far been the most variable time. Sometimes my day is over around 6/7 (like today), but other times I've been given work at 11:30 and needed to grind till ~3 am so my associate could review it first thing in the morning. I'm usually attentive/responsive till 12/1230, but at that point, if no one has given me work/ told me to expect work, I don't think they can be that mad if I miss an email at 1:00 am (hasn't happened...yet).
Overall, I'd say I am on "on the clock" from 8 am to 12 pm, but there are usually large chunks of time during the day when I don't do anything (and I'm not even at my desk). I have noticed that the longer I am free during the day, the harder I will get fucked that night. I'd also say the best thing you can do is set up your email on your phone with push notifications and turn off the "sent from IOS" default ending, and you can do whatever you want for at least a few hours every day while still being super responsive.
My bad, I spaced and just didn't answer your other questions. I am on a decent number of calls (none with clients). If they are team calls with senior members, I basically don't say anything apart from "Yes," "Ok," "Got it," "Will do," etc. If they are calls with the junior team, we usually shoot the shit for a little while then I revert to the above phases plus the occasional question. I also have a fair number of 1:1 calls where someone will call me with comments or with a new task and explain what I need to do (these tend to be more conversational, and I spend more time asking questions).
In terms of asking for work, I do, but I'm not constantly hitting them up because I imagine that would be annoying. Its more like if I just took a 30-minute break, I'll email an an/as and ask if I can help, then wait for them to say no (I've never gotten a yes lol). After the no, I'll email someone else, wait for the no. Rinse repeat. Then after a few nos, I usually give up and resume doing nothing until someone emails me something. I think you need to strike a balance between showing a willingness to help and not being irritating (i.e. I wouldn't email the same person 3 times a day asking to help, I'd do it every other day so they don’t forget you exist) .
This is actually an informative post from an associate’s perspective because we are still trying to figure out how to make this summer worthwhile for SA’s. Virtual internships are new to all of us.