I fucking hate this job

I really fucking hate this job. I hate the shit instructions, blame when not properly trained on shit I ended up doing wrong, backstabbing, cattiness, passive-aggressiveness, and everything in between.

I thought I wanted to be a banker and I don't know if it's the bank I work for or the specific group I work in or the learning curve with being a new analyst but honestly, fuck this job and fuck these people. Didn't go into banking with PE exits in mind but because I genuinely loved the crap I did in the student ran investment management clubs, and I thought I actually liked Finance. I enjoyed learning how to model and all that shit. Now having actually broken into Banking full time, I hate my life completely. I can't relate to anyone in my fucking group. I'm now thinking of leaving this industry completely. Does anyone know of a quick exit out of banking? What industry/company can I quickly exit into within the end of October? I'm willing to take a 50% pay cut if need be. I can't do this anymore. I wasn't a social person prior to breaking into banking so work-life balance didn't mean much to me but sleeping 4 hours daily and having to deal with people I absolutely can't stand on a daily basis irritates me. Snobby legacy kids and their absolute crap attitudes. Everything I do irritates me now. I literally have to plan out my own showers. Some weekdays, I don't even shower due to bullshit I'm staffed on. Even when I get to bed, I can't fucking sleep because the teams and outlook notifications keep going off. I hate my life but if I quit now, I'll be homeless because I literally have no friends or family in the country. I used all the earnings I made so far to pay down my student loans. Looking back, I should have saved it all. WTF do I do? I'm so lost.

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take care of yourself mate, plz. if you do look to exit soon or not, doesn’t matter, put your foot down when unwarranted negative shit happens to you. put your limits, respectfully, but put them.

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Can relate,

Associates with 0 respect for analyst time, unnecessary hazing, shitty A2s, associates / VPs gossiping about analysts

The other day a task came through my inbox at 10 AM, I did almost nothing all day and had to wait to get specific instructions until 11:45 fucking PM

Associates: fix yourselves fuckheads, just because you guys are miserable fucks with hideous spouses doesn’t mean your analysts need to be

 

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