Career killer: transferring to the US
Question is pretty much in the title. I'm from a tiny country located in continental Europe and my native language is quite a niche, however it has been helpful already in Europe/LDN (helped me to get the current gig, but won't be relevant in the US).
I currently work in ER at an European MM Bank located in LDN, with a decent reputation in Europe but subpar reputation in the US. Now I've got the chance to transfer to the NYC office. While pay will be street level (much higher than LDN), I'm a bit afraid of exit opps and what happens if get fired. What are the benefits of potentially transferring to the US (and returning to LDN after a few years vs staying in ldn)?
Just as an example, exits from London office included Citadel, Point72, ABBernstein
NYC office included Guggenheimer and Cantor Fitzgerald
It sounds like you're from Luxembourg and speak Luxembourgish?
I'd say move to NYC. I think it is something you have to experience in life.
why?
Because NYC is the best city in the world.
Actually Romania (but I'm Roma) and therefore speak fluent Romani and Romanian.
I think what it really comes down to is if having experience in NYC (a subpar office) would help me with exit opps once I'm back in London or Europe. My thoughts are that it's far easier for me to progress in LDN, where it's not a requirement to have native level english skills (literally no one in my team is a native english speaker). Also, I assume that I'm "international enough", where having further experience in the NYC office wouldn't be much of a value-add, as I'm already considered quite exotic.
But yeah, I'm open to comments stating why temporarily moving to NYC would be a value-add
Why are you asking us to opine on something you’ve already decided on? You know the arguments for nyc... The pros and cons of nyc are well known. If you were asking about Mobile, AL the we’d have a different discussion. You’re comments make it pretty clear you aren’t interested.
I would do it for a few years. The experience and connections will make it worth it when you decide to go back to Europe. Plus you get to join me in shitposting about the US and trigger the libs here by telling them how much they ruined NYC. That's the cherry on top of the money cake.
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