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You are in the wrong Job, wrong company. It’s busy, get involved, look elsewhere. Find the right place can be amazing. Don’t give up hope just yet. You will thank me ✌️
It’s been tough for sure. Public accounting really soured my perspective and has me second guessing my decision to go into finance. Stuck in a very niche area and the burnout is real.
Money and actually better work life balance than other jobs or even open business (M-F and free after 5 or 6 pm)
What exactly do you do? i also wang wlb
Golden handcuffs
Money
Money and higher density of smart colleagues
The cons don’t outweigh the money yet. If I lose the WLB I have right now, I’d start looking for a change.
If I could do it all over again I would never choose finance. Pays decent, no fulfillment
Medical imo. Pays almost as good, way more fulfilling. Gives and takes with anything though so I’ll stick with finance.
I have to agree with Well’s Fargo one of the only reason I decided finance was money and also the reason I’ve decided to stay.
Pros money cons very political
Pros: Intellectually challenging work, interesting people, money. Cons: if you're unlucky, gaslighting / egotistical / narcissistic people or managers. Making mountains out of molehill.
believe it or not , i hate my job..
i just need my salary to survive, otherwise I'd have been left years ago
Same… sadly
Absolutely
What the f**k are you talking about? This is the same mentality as “life is different after high school”. At its basis finance is the relationship between risk and return. If the juice isn’t worth the squeeze enjoy selling life insurance to your in laws bro.
Na, fam. You’re just wrong.
Nope. Still here.
Money and obligations.
There are terrible people everywhere. Can you imagine being in "entertainment?" Yuck... (In a Pusha T voice)
Pusha T 😭😭😂😂
Definitely depends on the role you have within finance. Working for a business, I could definitely see the demands get to be too much. From an advisor perspective, it’s hard early in your career but gets easier as time goes on. I do think a few others mentioned it, but finding the right corporate culture and company can make a world of difference in being happy in your role.
Well like I said, I am an advisor and I set my own hours and schedule. I don’t have a company that mandates I run a certain number of meetings or things. I’m purposely staying out of management so I don’t have to deal with recruiting new advisors. I started with no clients and had to build my book through warm markets and unaligned clients. As time goes you become more marketable, get referrals, and prospects find you. Clients also do more business with you as they progress through their lives. You end up making more money working the same amount of time if you build your practice properly.
I can definitely see where things get harder for folks who work in management and back office support roles, being expected to do more with limited resources and time.
I start in finance because for the money, it's not that hard. For me, there are not many jobs out there paying as much for the effort I have to make. You just have to stick to it for a while. It gets easier, you stop worrying and giving f*cks .
The base salary keeps me here. The bonus sucks.
CONS: DEI
Before half my team left, it was 2/3 foreign born people