On a scale from 1-10, how transparent are your colleagues with one another?

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During my internship, I trusted an associate with my career goals. Biggest mistake ever.

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Basically in a 1 on 1 with my associate, I alluded to having career interests outside of finance. I was still questioning tech or consulting. She let my manager know, who proceeded to basically interrogate me about why I wanted to 'leave IBD.' As an intern, it was awful. Looking back on it, I should've kept my mouth shut but it was also extremely cruel what the management did. My manager & associate didn't want to give me an offer, but my MD loved me because I was good- got an offer, told them no way in hell. Made it to GS (going on 3rd year), and in a week I'll be in Tech.

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I work at DB, so I would say -10. This place is like a live reenactment of Game of Thrones.

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Story please GS2?

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If you're totally transparent with colleagues you're competing against for success in your role and you haven't gotten burned by them yet, odds are good that you will soon. Bureaucratic/political nature of the business makes information so much easier to use against someone. Time and a place for transparency, but not all the time.

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@GS2 what do you mean?

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@GS2: good for you. Your story tells you everything you need to know about the quality of people management in banks. Best of luck with the next step.

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Never let people know what you're up to/how busy you are. They get jealous

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