When do you get the “time” to spend all this money? How is 1-2 weeks of true PTO worth any of this?

At what level in IB and also PE do you get substantial time away/ off to spend any of this money? I mean true unplugged and no checking outlook…

I don’t think it exists in banking at least. My MD in his 40s only takes 1-2 true weeks of PTO a year. And even then once you have kids this takes away your freedom even more.

Honestly it seems like being a 2nd year and 24 is actually peak freedom in terms of responsibility.

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