Commercial banking vs personal banking

Hi fellow WSO,

I currently work in a wealth management firm in a senior associate role. I have a pretty good reputation; friendly colleagues, trustworthy bosses, all that jazz, and in a couple of years I might be able to pull good references for BS, however the job itself is becoming dull and uninteresting. It seems that I have no passion for what I do and it is starting to show in the quality of my work..

I was recently offered a gig as a Commercial credit analyst in a top 7 bank (In Canada) and I am not sure if I should take it. I will be going a lot of "financial statement analytic work" but it is only a temporary position and the salary is slightly below what I make at the moment.

Ultimately, my long term goal is to go back to school and come out as a newly minted MBA student, unless I find work in capital markets doing either IB/ER/PE/HF in the near future.

Question: Should I go for the credit analyst gig, having to start all over again and proving myself, at the expense of not even liking the job nor the people I work with? Or just ride out what I have right now and hope to score a high GMAT + references for MBA school

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Doesn't really sound like an improvement to me.

On an unrelated note can we stop using "Top X" terms that nobody uses. Top 7? What is that? Laurentian?

 

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