Did you all really go to Ivy League schools just to end up working the same hours as a sweatshop worker in Bangladesh?
I'm just saying, aren't you all supposed to be the brightest minds of your generation?
And you used that mind to work 80 hours a week formatting logos, fixing footnotes, and changing colors?
In an industry where you feel "lucky" when you don't have to work on Sundays and leaving work on a Friday at 9pm is "super early" and working on "vacations" is totally normal?
hot take: majority of ivy league students aren't the brightest minds you'll meet. they are simply the hardest working, which is why so many are ok with pursuing "work hard play hard" things like IB/PE/HF
does "play hard" mean going to club on friday nights and getting bottle service until you pass out (and maybe on saturday too if you don't have to work sunday)? because literally everyone who has a job in any developed country does that
or is the "play hard" when we get to go on a really expensive vacation to an exotic place but you still have to turn comments?
or are we supposed to "play hard" during the 2 hours of free time we get a night where we have to squeeze in shaving and showering?
I shave my balls on company time
The $ / hr increases exponentially as you work less hours and make increasingly more money. And alot of people here actually like the lifestyle, the $ is obviously the biggest catch, and finance (the news, deals, investments, energy) is awesome. Hours are bad but everyone knows that. Just do what makes you happy or maximizes your utility.
Lmao written like a true wageslave. NPCs are barely conscious
What else are you suggesting lmfao? Entrepeneurship?
Not everyone has the creativity, risk-tolerance, or motivation to create a business. I don’t understand what you’re laughing at… analysts are doing bitchwork for $180k/yr because they are 22 and have not worked a real job before. Options out of school are limited, and people go to banking for money/prestige that allows exit opportunities where the bright minds are able to test their knowledge (PE, VC, roles w/ comp tied to PnL).
Not everyone in banking works consistent 100 hour weeks. Maybe I’ve been lucky but the usual for me has been 70hr weeks, and lots of that time was just face time.
You know other careers you work hard too right? Ever worked in a restaurant or construction worker? Those guys bust their butts and get paid a tenth of what finance front office gets. This forum acts like other high powered jobs don’t make you work hard. But I guess wso tends to attract the whiners/introverts in finance, cause the winners are probably living life.
For every cry baby about the how the hours are brutal yet don’t leave their job for some reason, there are 100s of people who are ok with the hours/pay balance, don’t have crazy hours or enjoy the work.