My bank is moving to mandatory 4 days a week in person and time tracking. Please help me cope.

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An MD’s mind simply cannot comprehend the idea that people have family, pets, and no need to spend 2+ hours commuting in traffic each day. Everyone must be in the office 5 days a week 10 hours a day otherwise they are lazy or a whiner. The best part is after implementing these toxic policies, they will retire in a few years and enjoy boating while the youth struggle to fund their Medicare or purchase a house / spend time in that house or pay off the debt.
A common critique I see around the consulting industry these days is that the culture is degrading. It’s truly a mystery now why that is the case with rampant black-and-white thought at the helm.
And PS - I’ve worked 5 days a week in-person during my career without “whining” — I just don’t have an advance degree in boot licking and corp slavery.

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Was also at a bank (that went 5 days a week in office) and left. Honestly, find something else — it’s not worth it. Startups and many other smaller companies are much more flexible. The big banks all just group think.

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Why is finance like this. My partner works for a bank that’s 3 days in office and might go to 4. Meanwhile my firm doesn’t give a crap: use the office or don’t, it’s up to us

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You’re a VP — be in office and coach your team.

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Assume they’re not an IB VP though

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Wah. You’ll live

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For hundreds of years work was ALWAYS at an office. Stop the whining, go get some new work clothes, and don’t be late to the office each day

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Tardiness is tolerated for some more time. RTO in full force.

I’d be headed for the door

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Cope with what?

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It'll be five days a week. Get ready.

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Scout out some cuties and make some friends. A lil interoffice romance can make it fun. Be social…

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The only people happy with this are MDs and Mangers lol

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Make them send you a case or two of wine to manage.

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