"Off" gut feeling about my team

Hi everyone,

I've had a strange gut feeling for the past couple of months about the team I'm in where I don't really think it is the perfect fit for me, mostly due to the people. I was wondering how long it took for you guys to realise whether or not your team was the right fit for you?

There's no real quantitative way I can explain things, it's just a gut feeling. For reference, it's a rotational scheme so I'll be going to another team in a few months and I've had chats with most people there already and I get a better vibe than I do from my current team.

When I first joined my team as my first rotation, they took me around to say hello to everyone which was fine. But beyond that, I didn't really feel that much effort was made to integrate me into the team? The senior Analysts were just completely engrossed in their own stuff, and whilst one of them actually was really helpful and would always come around when I had a question and show me how to do stuff and take time to explain things in detail (they've now left the firm), the other one did not. They would just be glued to their screen - even on my first day this Analyst basically ignored me and only came by really briefly to apologise for not bringing me up. I don't know if it's just me, but if someone were to join the team now as new, I would 100% say hello, make conversation, and go for coffee with them, but this is not really something that people did with me beyond me setting up chats with people... It all feels very internshippy.

I got a comment during one of my informal reviews that I could be more social with the group, but I was in the first two months but when I realised people weren't really interested in having chats or whatever when I swung by their desks, I pretty much stopped putting in much effort on that front. It's worse when considering whenever I would go to the senior Analyst for a question and ask the usual "hi how are you, how was your day", she would completely ignore this and skip straight to "how can I help / what is the ask" (the latter phrase really irks me). It just comes across as rude and as poor social skills.

Further complaints about the culture at the junior level is that whilst some people are friendly with each other etc., it feels very much that they are all comfortable in their own groups and don't really care to integrate us (the new analysts). I've always made an effort to go to the socials etc., and there was one recently but it just felt incredibly awkward because I was one of the first ones there alongside two others (associate and sr analyst). They just vanished to do whatever, didn't talk to me at all and I was just standing there alone whilst waiting for others to come. Didn't get any less awkward until the other Analyst in my class came, and I just left at the same time they did.

The thing is, there are nice people in my team. My manager (MD) is really nice. I can go for coffee with him and just chat about whatever. He's incredibly supportive and encourages to have an open mind about the rotations etc., and really think about where in the bank I want to end up so I can figure out what I really want. He's genuinely a great guy. My staffer, too, is amazing. Caters staffing to our interests where possible, always easy to chat with. I get along with some VPs and Associates too. But still, overall because of the juniors and actually some of the seniors two (at least two Directors are completely indifferent to me), I just get a really weird and bad gut feeling. 

In contrast to my upcoming new team, everyone there were really happy to chat, go grab coffee etc., their junior reached out to me to grab coffee. It seems a lot more welcoming.

My only issue is that I just have natural inertia, I don't really like change. I did my internship in this team, I got my return offer because of people here, and I enjoy the work. But I have this gut feeling that I don't click with the people here and they don't really care to make an effort either - so in the long run if I came back, I'd have a pretty short future at the bank.

I'm already at a top bank, I don't want to move anywhere else because I feel like I've already "made it" in terms of a workplace. But I don't want to throw it away by sticking in a group I've got a bad feeling about.

Anyone have any thoughts?