Investment Banking is Hard
VP at a Canadian bank in SF (not Scotia). I recently got the promotion and have finally found myself in an industry coverage specialist role. Thing is, the office is small, and there are two MDs that that work in this space, both of which have reputations that precede themselves as nose to the grindstone guys.
The problem that I’m encountering is that I’m working really, really hard, like 70+ hours a week, and I get staffed on deals that are super stressful and there’s a lot expected of me. I’ve been yelled at several times by a variety of people (Associates, MDs, clients, some stupid bitch from HR), and every time it happens my feelings are hurt a little more, and all of this shit just fucking sucks and I don’t even really want to do it anymore if people are just gonna be mean to me and make me work a ton. I just wanna go home and play with my cats and hang out. Can anyone else relate to this? I feel like I was deceived into this role by money and by my one buddy who also says he’s in banking but my house is a LOT bigger than his so I think he’s actually lying to me. Is anyone else expected to work a lot and yelled at often and just generally disappointed with this lifestyle?
