What is the one thing you love about your job vs the one thing you hate about your job?

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I love the pay, I hate the hours. Are you looking for non-obvious answers or something? It's IB...

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Yes, non-obvious answer lol. We all hate the hours. Pay can be shitty too honestly depends on which bank you work for .

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I love the pay and hate the people haha. Still a bit obvious, but maybe a spicier answer than above. Feel like I'm selling my soul everyday working with these sharks but I'm paying down my loans and mortgage with incredible speed, and that's hard to pass up

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I feel the same way on selling my soul part lol.

Same above. I can’t even say I “love the pay” but i’m doing no more than 55-60 hrs a week so can’t complain. Willing to go to a bigger firm and make more tbh.

Thank you! The pay is not the “best part”. I know a ton of IB analysts and associates that makes less than 200k a year while working 60+ hours a week.

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