Question regarding time off: IB Summer Analyst
I’m set to graduate with my bachelor’s in May and have been accepted to grad school with an expected graduation date of Dec 2024 as I’m pursuing my MS in Finance. At the current moment I’m applying to summer analyst positions for 2024 and had a question regarding time off. Are banks usually okay granting one week off to summer interns? I know I should be making a good impression and I fully intend to, but I think it is legitimate as I am getting married that summer. I just wanted to hear everyone’s thoughts.
To be clear, you’re asking if you can take a week off from work to get married and go on a honeymoon while working as a Summer Analyst, no?
Some firms would be more open to this than others, but at most I think the answer would be “yes.”
This is something I would flag at least a month in advance, but would also try to get as much time on the desk as possible before making the ask.
Have you worked at this place before? Didn’t sound like it, but wanted to ask. If so, they know you more, you’ve gotten the return, and they know you’re being reasonable.
My advice would be to work your absolute hardest on the front end of the internship, give at least a month’s notice, and go through the angle of “I really enjoy the work here and the job, but here’s a once in a lifetime event where I’m doing something meaningful for myself.” The MD may be on his 2nd wife, but should know the feeling.
Also, saying no to your fiancée is probably much scarier than saying no to the MD, so that’s another way of looking at it.
I haven’t worked there before, but was just wondering in general. Thanks for your insight.
I would try to avoid this honestly, or shorten it. Interns do not get time off outside of exceptional circumstances. A week is a long time when your internship is already so short.
I've seen people take 3 days off for legitimate, unavoidable reasons (starter in NCAA championships, family funeral, 1 weekday and the weekend off for immediate family/close friend wedding) and even then it's more of a working remotely situation rather than fully OOO, not checking emails as you'd want to be with your wedding.
Can you have the wedding in fall, spring, or later in August? If your date is set in stone, do you need to do the honeymoon right then, or can you take a few days off for the wedding and then do your big trip in August when you're done?
I agree with all of this. The convo is much different as a FT analyst than an intern. I can lose an FT analyst for a week and still make money off of them. An intern who is for 10 weeks and might not come back and took the same amount of time to interview? Really cutting my yield here.
My response is good for how best to do it if you’re going to do it, but OP needs to listen to you on whether it’s worth doing right this second at all.
EDIT: Only add is that OP should probably not shorten the honeymoon to make it more palatable. From a regret-minimization framework and potential future resentment, I can see this backfiring more than even delaying the thing, which happens all the time.
Not doing honeymoon till winter but we're fine with maybe taking like 3 days off instead of a whole week, just wanted to hear thoughts on how asking for a week would come across but 3 days seems more reasonable
If you’re taking wedding and honeymoon in two bites, a week is a bit long for a wedding. This should make the ask a LOT easier. That sounds like a better plan.
Thanks for your input. Much appreciated.
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