PE Offer Accepted - How to Autopilot

Ignore title. I recently finished my first year at a good MM (sweatier group than others) and I recently accepted my PE offer for next fall. I still want to do well in the group over the next year, but definitely don't want to grind for the top bucket bonus. What are some tactics I can do to make the time go by faster, coast through (to the extent possible), and end on a good note? 

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The key here is still to do excellent work, but less of it. Find the group of people you really work well with and keep doing great work, including staying up late if needed (like once or twice a month, not like twice a week..). Then, your core supporters still see you as being a contributing member of the team, which gives you social capital to push back on almost everything else. 

 

In addition to being selective about how much work you take on, be selective about who you're putting in hours for.  My last couple months, I basically pushed off work for the Associates/VPs who weren't respected in the org.  There were probably 1-2 people at the VP/MD level who I was willing to grind for though, and their feedback carried much more weight than anyone else.     

 

Good feedback all around...to add to...think about 4-5 years from now, who in the organization would you reach back out to work for again, or help with a mandate, or whatever...those are the people you should continue busting your tail for because that relationship will pay dividends years from now...everyone else can take a backseat.  

 

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