So within the next few months, I'll be hitting my 1-year mark in my current position as a fund accountant for several RE/PE funds and clients. Truthfully, I HATE the work. It's not what I wanted to do as a career, but it was the only thing available to me post-graduation last May. Backstory:
I was in the Army Reserves for 8 years (6 active reserve, 2 IRR), went to a non-target and got a degree in Finance with a minor in Economics, worked part-time at a small community bank for about a year and a half as a Teller, and found out late in my college career that I want to work in actual Finance (Asset Management, IB, Equity Research). This resulted in no relevant summer internships on my resume. I had two HireVue interview with JPM, 1 for IB and 1 for Equity Research but neither went past that. Also talked to a recruiter from MS, who focused mainly on my retail banking experiences and not what I really had in mind. Had a phone interview with SIG which also didn't go past that initial stage.
I continued to work at the retail bank for a couple months post-graduation until my current role came in to play and I felt obligated to take it in order to get out of a college town and back to my family in the Philly area. Also felt obligated because of the salary increase compared to a Teller's wage.
Life now: Like I said, I'm close to my 1-year mark (July) and I'm still not enjoying the work. However, I'm starting an online MsF program in August (also at a non-target) that will be fully reimbursed by my employer. In order for them to reimburse it, I have to stay there at least 1 year after they provide reimbursement. I really don't want to stay there for another 2-3 years though. I feel like my options are:
-stay there and be miserable for the 2-3 years, get a free Masters degree in the process, and then leave
-stay there a little while, have them reimburse some of the program, bite the bullet on a few student loans, leave
-just bite the bullet, skip reimbursement altogether and leave ASAP
-stay & be miserable, do extraordinarily well in the MsF to get in to a target MBA, have them reimburse that too, leave after 6 years of being miserable but with 2 free masters degrees
SOS idk I'm lost
TLDR: hate my job but getting a free MsF, stay and be miserable or just leave and have over $80k in student loans
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