So the guy next to me picks up his 200K bonus and says...

So the guy next to me picks up his 200K bonus and says...

(keep in mind I am a pro bono intern)

"Send your full name and address to the HR department"

"Why?"

"So we can send you your paycheck"

"REALLY?!"

"No."

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Welcome to the wonderful world of investment banking! You'll meet many lively and helpful characters along the way! "Life isn't this complicated, it doesn't have to be this way," you say.

Nonsense, didn't you hear when they talked about going to a "target?" This is the finest that our world has to offer!

 

Wait what? Someone that works in finance is a dick? Call the newspaper.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

Yeah man that is very ass-holish (sounds like a GS guy lol)......but welcome to the world of finance. But not everyone is like that.

You give me a gift? *BAM* Thank you note! You invite me somewhere? *POW* RSVP! You do me a favor? *WHAM* Favor returned! Do not test my politeness.
 
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rebelcrossHey, how'd you know it was a 200k bonus anyway?
I was wondering the same thing. He probably could have just been blowing smoke.
You give me a gift? *BAM* Thank you note! You invite me somewhere? *POW* RSVP! You do me a favor? *WHAM* Favor returned! Do not test my politeness.
 
coffeeaddictSo the guy next to me picks up his 200K bonus and says...

(keep in mind I am a pro bono intern)

"Send your full name and address to the HR department"

"Why?"

"So we can send you your paycheck"

"REALLY?!"

"No."

He makes more money than you, so clearly he is a better person than you. Don't you get it?

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. -Niccolo Machiavelli
 

Most bankers I meet (outside of anonymous forums) NEVER talk about their pay. Is it more common than I think, or was this guy just the ultimate douche?

 
the_red_baronFrom the lack of responses by the OP, seems like he might have been bs-ing.
I had a feeling he was BS'n too lol. Because we all know its a BIG no-no to talk about your pay not only in finance but any industry.....
You give me a gift? *BAM* Thank you note! You invite me somewhere? *POW* RSVP! You do me a favor? *WHAM* Favor returned! Do not test my politeness.
 

haha that's hilarious!

Love to chill with the guy who got the check.

Even if it's not true, its hilarious!

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RUtradingSpeaking of "characters" in Finance, when I did a stint in PWM, I had cold-called an eldery woman whos husband had just passed, when I told my Advisor about this his reaction was, "Yahtzee! She's probably loaded and has no clue what to do with her finances, call her back!"...after this I knew to stay away..

A lot of times sharks like that, have more money than they know how to spend.

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. -Niccolo Machiavelli
 
RUtradingSpeaking of "characters" in Finance, when I did a stint in PWM, I had cold-called an eldery woman whos husband had just passed, when I told my Advisor about this his reaction was, "Yahtzee! She's probably loaded and has no clue what to do with her finances, call her back!"...after this I knew to stay away..
Knowing your clients is important.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

boutique bank. collects fees once deals are done, was lucky to be there for one of our largest.

Went from a poetry major to finance... funny how life works isn't it?
 

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