How do you know you're supposed to work on a particular weekend?

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?

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 

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."

Get busy living
 

How did you get certified...

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 
bfinHow did you get certified...

very trigger happy aplication: "yes! got a work email in training, first thing i'll do....get WSO cert'd"

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 
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bfinHow 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.

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 

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