What on earth? C’mon GS and FT..

I just saw a post about FT partners giving their analysts a plastic coin (?) as a literal ‘token’ of appreciation for overworking during the pandamic. 

After the fiasco of the WFH deck posted by those GS analysts, they got a fruit basket (lol?).

Fruit baskets, coins, what on earth? Am I misreading something? Is this a prank by the WSO community?

When I was an analyst, we grinded hard and received a ~$90k check at the end of the year. Tough life, but at least we could take the reward to the bank.

The hell are you supposed to do with a basket of fruit and plastic circles? 

Please tell me I’m losing my mind over here. Otherwise I really feel bad for kids these days and wish I could help. I feel sorry for the parents that have to witness their kids going through this garbage too. My god..

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