Maybe I'm just ignorant, but as a FT analyst how are you supposed to know whether you're expected to go in on a weekend? Is it just when there's something pressing due on Monday, or if your Associate/VP/etc. requests your presence? Or are you just assumed to be there everyday? If you don't receive any notices that your presence is needed, can you just chill and enjoy the weekend?
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You're a 1st year Analyst who is certified. So unless this is your first Monday of work I'm confused by how you don't know this already?
Been in training for a few weeks
If you have work to do, you're in at the weekend. If anyone senior than you emails you, you go in. Otherwise the weekend is yours. As long as every single thing that is asked for is on desks or in inboxes by 8am Monday (or whatever deadline is asked for), you're fine.
Because you'll get an email at 11PM on Friday saying "fuck you, go back to the office and spend the next 48 hours fixing comma spacing on this irrelevant model, then go argue with the print shop until your ears bleed."
uhm common sense
How did you get certified...
very trigger happy aplication: "yes! got a work email in training, first thing i'll do....get WSO cert'd"
Yeah seriously....this has to be question of the year.
Mr. Loblaw,
I think the question you're really asking is:
how do I know that I'm allowed to go home?
Best regards, Going
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