I’m ~1.5 years into my stint at a boutique that has a very old school culture. We’re required to be in office every day and frankly it’s not for me.
I don’t mind the work but I can’t stand being in office every day so I’m thinking about exiting to a remote corp dev role. My current pay is nowhere near street so I’d only be taking a ~5 - 10k pay cut.
Thoughts?
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What do you want our thoughts about? You're not taking a big pay cut and you're moving to a job you like better?
He cannot make the decision without first receiving validation from internet strangers
This
There's a part of me that feels like I'm jumping ship too early or handicapping myself for future opportunities by not getting 3+ years of IB experience.
I think getting in-person mentorship as a junior is invaluable experience that can pay dividends in the future. I’d reconsider your stance on office vs. WFH although I understand how great the perks are (I myself am looking for a more remote role after 7 YOE). Since you’re deciding between jobs and are early in your career, I would go with the role where you learn the most
The ability to work remote is great, but FT I think it’s generally a terrible idea.
Life happens in person. Relationships happen in person. Your best work will happen face to face. This is especially true in a junior role where you’re still trying to gain experience, expand your network, etc
I’m not against the idea but at the least I think it’s too early unless you’re able to secure a really strong role
Fwiw, 29yo. Not a boomer
No chance to go hybrid in your current role? Hybrid seems ideal at least for me personally. I have been WFH in a corp dev role since covid and am honestly pretty sick of sitting at my house. There is essentially no culture and no interaction with anyone except my boss who is chill. I just have random people whom I have sometimes never even met calling me up to bitch about stuff. I have completely lost interest in the job and my company as a whole and am just collecting checks doing essentially the bare minimum at this point, which never used to be the norm for me. It barely feels like a job, almost feels more like I am retired at age 31 and getting fairly lucrative social security payments every month. I feel like my work ethic and brain are atrophying by the day as I sit in my house and never leave during the day. I'm not certain if it is the job itself or being fully remote or some combination of the two. Hopefully this is somewhat helpful as opposed to me just bitching.
Get a 2nd job then lol
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