Is verbal abuse and toxicity that rampant in investment banking ?

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I have found it to be all too common in finance altogether.

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MS or for them to pick up the phone and talk to someone 😂

Yea and then when you stand up for yourself Management hates you trust me this just happened to me but I’m on my way out it sucks but I need to do it for my mental health

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less so now than in the past. there was a focus on workplace bullying in the 2010s.

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Yes lol

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Yes. Welcome to the jungle.

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Not in my experience but I bet there are pockets of it. Lots of greedy people for sure.

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Probably given the horror stories…

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My let me tell you about retail banking if you think that’s bad…..

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I worked in mortgage servicing until 2012, it wasn’t really verbal abuse but more gaslighting and nepotism

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Mortgage servicing is not investment banking

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Work for a non American company

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Yes especially at First Republic. They’re toxic and racist.

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Depends on firm. Not mine but I do hear stories from peers

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Last couple of firms I've worked for made very clear that treating people that way was no longer acceptable. Some of the worst offenders were let go, others were put on performance improvement plans and turned themselves around.

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Wow. They must have paid out some large lawsuit settlements.

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I have found it to be all too common in finance altogether.

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Yes

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Always has been and always will be bc there is not enough to go around

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It depends on the company, I have worked at Morgan Stanley 2 different times in 2 very different cities. It's the culture there, FA's treat assistants like dogs.

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Depends on the firm and function. Work in compliance and always perfectly fine!!! Guess we need to lead by example

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I was never verbally abused (probably because I’m a woman lol) but I’ve seen and heard some insane shit. I was at a BB as an analyst and it was the most toxic 2 years of my life.

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