IB Full Time Analyst Placement 2020 ** Urgent Question

After being placed in a group, if you are not happy, can you ask HR to be switched to the one you prefer (before starting FT)?

Can you ask the MD in the group to help, who said they wanted you to return, but HR had to fill business needs and was under the impression you wanted to switch groups?

Thank you.

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Assuming you’re set to begin in the coming months, I would strongly advise against reaching out. Your future employer has already accounted for your current placement in forecasting business performance and any change will be a matter of pure inconvenience for HR and your current group’s staffer. Additionally, you may run the risk of being labeled “needy” and/or “tone deaf” in making a last minute request during a pandemic/recession. Others may disagree, of course.

 
 

I'm just confused that if my old group wanted me to return and gave me high reviews, HR put me in another group I don't want to be in, why wouldn't my other group be able to take me back?

 

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