Why do bankers never smile in pictures?
Was speaking with a colleague when I realized that ~90% of bankers don't smile in their company intranet or LinkedIn profile pictures.
Is it a macho cultural thing?
Was speaking with a colleague when I realized that ~90% of bankers don't smile in their company intranet or LinkedIn profile pictures.
Is it a macho cultural thing?
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They must not exude personality, which would be inappropriate because it might distract from the money they make– and indeed their boss’s personality as portrayed through the money. They are, after all, a “Banker” ... So the bankers can’t afford to smile
it's because bankers generally have bad teeth from all the fine dining they have to endure. it's a hard life.
hope that helps.
Conformists will conform.
Maybe they tired af when they take the pic.
They're mad about the lack of diversity. They wish there could be more POOR minorities.
on brand, as always. keep up the good work.
One simply doesn't smile. Nothing personal strictly business.
would you smile in hell?
100 hours
More of a wildly depressed culture thing.
Insecure people don't smile
You've never been on instagram?
because 90% of bankers have a stick up their ass. I just treat my job as if I still work at the car wash.
Might have green in there teeth and not the type left over from a night on the town!
I always thought it was weird when people don't smile.
They weren't paid to smile. That simple.
Smiles = wrinkles. No one is winning deals with wrinkles.
Because they hate their jobs?
Only target school bankers smile. Everyone knows that
Hi, When you smile, there are moderate changes in your face. Maybe bankers keep a straight face to gain hope and integrity among people.
because they're all miserable thinking about how much better their life would be on the buyside
i smile
Most analysts at my school do smile; however, I have noticed senior ones rarely do.
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