Pulling 100 Hr Work Weeks for a Return Offer I Do Not Want
Looking for advice here - currently interning at a well-known MM in a LCOL city but have another internship lined up at an EB in NY (EVR/LAZ) next summer. My current team does not know of my upcoming internship and has been smoking me for 3 weeks straight (80-100 hours). I feel exhausted and unmotivated to keep putting up with this and haven't met friends or family ever since. I am shedding hair, dropping weight and having frequent acne breakouts from all of the stress, all for a return offer I cannot (and do not want to) accept. I obviously cannot quit (word can spread pretty quickly) or even start slacking off because the team here actually calls you out and forces you to do tons of bitch work if you are noticed for not carrying your weight. Facetime is also super high (5x a week from 8am to at least 8pm in the office, with more requests coming in until 1am).
Has anyone dealt with a similar situation and how did you navigate through it? I thought I would do this internship to make some extra money (financially not in the best situation) and improve my skills but never expected that it would consume my entire life
Dude, just quit. I don't know that it's "obvious" that you cannot quit but maybe spell out why you feel that way (apart from needing money but you can find that elsewhere). You have an internship already secured for next summer and you have zero interest in returning to the bank you're currently at, thus there's zero to gain by staying. What's your worry, that they'll somehow find out where you're going next and call them to sabotage that opportunity? Do you think (a) that would really happen and (b) the person receiving that call would put stock in what some dweeb from your current bank freaking out like a crazy ex-girlfriend says? Relax. I get the sense you're a people-pleaser and think your life will end the minute you disappoint someone. It won't, and you should work that stuff out before you have a legitimate breakdown on the job and in life one day. A healthy dose of anxiety serves us all well but this seems excessive.
What I also don't understand is how you're interning at a reputable ("well-known MM") platform in November. Don't you have classes?
Not only that you know they’re gonna work you just as hard right? If not more?
Wtf do you mean word can spread very quick. Just quit dude stop being stupid
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