Do Banks look down upon conservatives?
I’m currently an undergraduate, with plans like the everyone on here to break into high finance, hopefully IB or asset management. But I’m also a conservative. I know New York in general is pretty left leaning, but do they discriminate based on politics? I’m thinking of getting involved as an intern for a local republican committee to help Trumps campaign since I was invited by the mayor of my hometown(my family is pretty well known in the town I’m from) Would this be a good idea to put on my LinkedIn, or would it possibly hurt my chances? Is there any benefit to including this on resume/cv/ LinkedIn? Or is there no upside just possibility of ticking someone off? Any advice is appreciated, I plan on doing it either way I’m just not sure if this would be relevant experience to talk about or not. Thanks
No politics, never
No one is going to give a shit about your political views at work as long as you keep them to yourself, which is what I would suggest you do. I do not think there would be any benefit to putting something political on your resume or linkedin or anywhere else. If you want to work in IB, try to get an internship in IB.
Thank you. I have an IB internship lined up with a boutique for next summer, this is just something I was planning on doing for personal reasons the next few months and figured I might as well see if there was any cross benefit to this. I appreciate the insight
Yeah in that case, I would not put it on your Resume or add it to LinkedIn. No upside in my view.
Imagine thinking Wall Street isn't chock-full of maga loving conservatives...
But on that note, just don't get into politics and no one will care.
no one cares.
you shouldn't be talking politics in the workplace anyways. also, there are lots of conservatives and "conservatives" out there in new york. just gotta find them.
with that said, i've heard working with political campaigns/teams raises some compliance issues for certain roles/companies? i'm not entirely sure of the details behind that, i'm sure someone else might be able to pitch in. i have never worked with a political campaign before so i cannot speak on it.
You got a point. Especially with financial firms it can create a conflict of interest.
Maybe New York is different, but the middle market is * hardcore * Trump country.
Big chunk of Wall Street has at least a soft-spot for GOP fiscal policy.
That ~40% all-in Federal/State/City rate hits differently when you’re working 100 hours a week as an analyst, vs. ripping the bong in a dorm.
That’s actually hilarious
Usually best to keep politics away from work. In finance there are plenty of conservatives though.
I wouldn't put trump on anything. After he's out of office (whenever that is), people will be disassociating from the trump Clusterf@ck as quickly as possible.
echoing others, avoid ptix if you can. that being said, if you're going to participate in some sort of GOP committee or group, it should probably not be outwardly-related to trump. the trump side of the GOP and the non-trump side are VERY different.
I think it really depends. Of course, it shouldn’t matter, but it just comes down to luck and who your interviewers are. While a SJW type analyst may automatically ding you in their head, maybe you’ll win a few points from a conservative analyst.
It just depends on how important politics are to you. I have conservative friends who downplay their political involvements and keep it lowkey. For me, I knew I didn’t want to work at a place where I’m looked down upon or ridiculed for supporting POTUS, so I was always pretty open with my views and levels of political involvement on my resume.
It sucks that this is the world we live in, especially in the Trump Derangement Syndrome era. But it is what it is, so just got to figure out what matters to you. Thanks for helping Keep America Great!
There are definitely people that would toss your resume if it said you fundraised / campaigned for trump, especially considering that HR and junior analysts are the first resume screeners at most banks and both are extremely left leaning groups. Regardless on if you agree or disagree with that notion, it is undeniably likely that it will happen. Do it if you want, but leave it off your resume.
agreed. +1
There is a difference between being a conservative and being a Trump supporter. Being conservative is fine; it's fairly common and may actually be the majority in many firms, especially if the average age in the firm is above 35. In fact I find conservatives in finance tend to treat Democrats in finance as being somewhat aligned on being fiscally conservative ("smart money" so to speak) but may have different views on guns, hunting, military, police, abortion--mostly social issues. I think most conservatives in finance think Trump is an incompetent moron and an impulsive liar. So it's fine to be a conservative in finance, but I would tread carefully about openly supporting Trump in the workplace.
this is probably the most accurate description of wall street politics I've ever read. seen this from JPM, Blackrock, PIMCO, Goldman, Morgan, everybody
if you identify yourself by your political views, I'd suggest you need more to round out your personality. I wouldn't care if you worked on a campaign, I think it takes an enormous amount of logistics and communications skills, but some people may think you have bad judgment because they disagree with who you campaigned for.
just keep it to yourself, it doesn't affect your work product and most likely only creates divisiveness.
people in finance (read: intelligent people)
This 100% — people are unlikely to ding you for being a classic conservative, but they will probably look down on you for openly supporting Trump.
Everything I've seen suggests socially liberal, fiscally conservative
Not worth the risk, i wouldn't include it.
The decision to put a Trump internship on your resume or linkedin would have negative convexity.
Ah yes - put that on your resume. That’s a very intelligent decision...
Rule Number 1: Don’t fucking get political at work, like ever. Especially don’t mention you’re a god damn Trump supporter... you’re bound to ruffle feathers
It’s not even about supporting trump, it’s about supporting something with such a clear backlash to doing so- it’s no longer sensible or something people generally think of as a good thing.
I don’t mind trump but I’d think it’d just be stupid if someone listed that on their resume as a ROI- sure you put it on, but you get negatives from it and you can just keep it ambiguous on who it actually is.
I've had a bunch of networking calls and at least half outright brought up their very negative opinions of Trump without me bringing up remotely anything about politics. Honestly I agree with them. The dude literally flirts with wanting to be a dictator and advocated injecting bleach to cure coronavirus among many many other things. Not here to start an political argument though, just warning you about what I've experienced.
On a separate note, I just can't get around to understanding how do all of you so called "educated" people continue to support trump. You have to be really horrible and cruel to be blind to everyone that he does. So fuck you and everyone else here who supports him
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