Disliked by an MD who is not on my direct team
I started as an analyst on the Leveraged Finance Credit team not too long ago and have noticed that an MD on the Leveraged Finance Origination team dislikes me and has called me out several times in public with pretty harsh comments/reactions. The thing is, within my own team (LevFin Credit), I've received overall strong feedback and seem to get along with members of my own direct team. The MD is not on my direct team and is not my direct manager but our team works with the LevFin originations team on new deals, etc but not sure if the MD is able to influence my performance reviews.
Given this, am I at risk of being laid off or fired despite having solid performance and receiving overall good feedback within my own direct team? For additional context, I know that my direct team is understaffed at the moment
Thanks.
With the limited info in your post. No. Not at risk. Pretty obvious.
Why have you got beef with this MD as an Analyst?
I'm not too sure why there's this beef with the MD as I haven't done or said anything offensive to him in my view. I think it could be the fact that I sometimes look a bit stressed out, am introverted, and overall maintain a formal demeanor, while this MD is the opposite basically, and might also give off the impression that I'm not happy to be here. But even so I don't feel like these elements warrant some of the harsh verbal comments and reactions from him as I don't work with this MD most of the time. This MD seems to be quite outspoken even on certain topics that can be regarded as "unprofessional" at other banks.
why do you think he doesn’t like you? have you done anything to give him the impression that your errors/misunderstandings make it harder for him to originate deals?
it might be in your head. he probably doesn’t care about you either way
The thing is that I haven't done or said anything offensive to him in my view. I think it could be the fact that I sometimes look a bit stressed out, am introverted, and overall maintain a formal demeanor, while this MD is the opposite basically, and this might give off the impression that I'm not happy to be here. But even so I don't feel like these elements warrant some of the harsh verbal comments and reactions from him as I don't work with this MD most of the time. This MD seems to be quite outspoken even on certain topics that can be regarded as "unprofessional" at other banks. I don't think it's based on the quality of my work given that my feedback on my direct team has seemingly been solid.
Without outing yourself, can you give some additional detail/context about what he is reacting to? Is it simply your demeanor or appearance? Your work product? Behavior?
Everyone seems to be focussed on your interactions with the MD, which seem to not be the cause of the issue. So the question is: does the MD treat you differently to other analysts? Yes MDs can be dismissive of analysts because they are the MD and you are the analyst and there’s a lot in between you and them. That doesn’t mean anything about you or the MD.
If the answer to that question is yes, think about what makes you different to the other analysts which the MD apparently gets along with? It doesn’t have to be direct interactions, can be impressions and also what other people have said about you. A trait which someone in your team considers a positive, the MD can consider a negative. It’s all subjective.
If you notice that you are different from other analysts that the MD will either consciously or unconsciously compare you to, then think about whether those traits are things you want to change or things you don’t want to change. Sometimes people in banking want you to be a bit crazy or something and if that’s not you, own it and accept it. Otherwise, work on changing yourself and going out of your comfort zone. You have to be able to be self introspective and understand yourself as well as others if you want to go far.
Lastly, it’s really not that deep. It will make no impact on you or your bonus or your job. Just accept that you can never get everyone to like you all the time and you will be a lot happier.
If he's not in your immediate group / won't be involved in your review process... I think you're fine.
I actually had a similar situation - got involved in a staffing (checked out 3rd year analyst and aloof associate) way above my paygrade my second month and did a bad job. That MD did not like me and pretty much asked to make sure I didn't get staffed with him again. To be fair, I didn't do a great job (jokes on him though, he was brutal to work with).
It ended up not really mattering as he wasn't part of my core group (i.e., not doing my reviews) or office. I improved as an analyst and did good work for the more important MDs, and that is what I was reviewed on.
Long way of saying, just focus on what you can control and it'll workout.
An MD punched an analyst in HK so be careful out there, it's an MD eat analyst world...
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