Second-Year Analyst Complacency

I am an analyst at a BB and signed an offer to work at a PE fund starting next August. My group typically sends analysts off around mid June of their second year. Part of it has been WFH / COVID and part has been a lower number of analysts becuase of 2nd years going to PE, but the last 4 months have been BRUTAL. The group typically has a decent culture, but for the many reasons already discussed on this forum, analysts have had it way worse than usual.

Point is - my motivation is at an all-time low. Have had 3+ brutal deals become total busts, and frankly really just dont like the sell-side and am ready to move on. I strategically made sure to target a PE fund with a significantly better W/L balance than banking, and luckily believe that is the case at my new firm. Do I gut it out for another year and earn a good bonus, or should I just coast through and no longer kill myself with work and worrying about putting a good product together. I am on the brink of just saying fuck it and quitting this shitty job altogether, but the allure of a PE job that should improve my W/L substantially is what is keeping me going. Should I quit, reach out to the PE fund, or just gut it out? Any advice from those who have gone through this? Thanks in advance

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That is a good question, I have not reached out to anyone at the fund yet but that is something that I would probably do before pulling the trigger on my 2 weeks. Would you recommend? The worst case outcome is that they not only don't support me quitting / starting early, but also start to view me as a quitter / someone who shies away from challenges. Obviously hard to know exactly how it will get received, but in general I would guess that most people in the banking / banking-adjacent industries have to realize how brutal the last few months have been for anlaysts so I would hope they can at least see where I am coming from.

 

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