Is it standard in IB/PE to cc people in order of perceived seniority? Asking because I often get cc'ed by the partners first when they cc all the principals, even though I'm not the most tenured. That's a good thing, right?
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This is hilarious and emblematic of how silly people in this industry really are. Is the foundation of your question whether this suggests you’re first up for the next partner seat or something based on the order you were cc’d?
Yeah, think this is subconscious bias revealed in a mundane, but real, forced ordering. What do you think?
Someone told me to do this when I was an intern, citing some random story about some MD getting mad. This was definitely cap, but I was one of the first things I was ever told so I sometimes still do it unconsciously. So stupid and pointless.
I think it’s just one of those exercises that forces you to double check who you’re emailing, which by itself isn’t a bad thing to do.
It wasn’t cap. As a first year, I personally got yelled at by an MD for not listing people in order of seniority in emails. Was told it had to be most senior group with all members in that group listed by seniority, then the next group, and so on. I saw other people get yelled at for that same mistake and it ended up just becoming a habit. I got the sense that some MDs needed the ego boost seeing their name ahead of others in an email chain.
Outside of banking, nobody cares how you list people in an email so long as you include everyone that needs to be included.
A past client of mine had a specific "To" order for a daily email they received. It included their executive team so I assumed they had some dumb tradition around that. They would notice and get angry if it wasn't in the proper order. that was unique
Initially ranking by seniority makes some sense, but always funny when the reply by a midlevel means that all future replies will “break” seniority if everyone isn’t moved to the CC line after the first response
Fortunately, I don't work in an office with people who care about things like CC'ing by seniority. I either CC in order of relevance or just whoever I happen to remember first. There is one guy at our office who does care about his seniority, and I usually stick him around last just for fun.
Put the people who need to do something with the email in the To line and put the people who just need to read in CC, in order of relevance to them. Most likely your boss first but after that I really cba
I have never had this problem when interacting with BB/MF teams. Kinda sounds like a load of BS that a hardstuck VP or butthurt Principal would push to flex their authority on juniors.
This has always been a thing. It’s fucking stupid but it’s definitely a thing
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