December 2012
15 posts
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Coming into work the day after Christmas:
and trying to make it look like I’m doing actual work: Credit: Skirt
Dec 26th
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Congratulations, Future #WIFs.
Congratulations to all you future #WIFs on finishing up the year/semester. We see so many of you on our Instagram and Twitter: We hope our site gives you an accurate depiction of your post-grad life: slave hours and heavy drinking. Your Friend, #WheninFinance  Share your Instagram photos by tagging them with #wheninfinance. To have your pictures shared anonymously from our Instagram, send...
Dec 21st
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Working in VC, watching banking friends complain...
Credit: M / NY / VC
Dec 21st
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Happy Holidays From First Round Capital
Wow.
Dec 19th
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When I get assigned a CIM the day before Christmas...
When the other associate tells me they can’t work on it because they are going to be out of town: Credit: M / IB / Palo Alto
Dec 19th
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Every time I am left unattended at my desk:
Credit: M/IB/Paris
Dec 18th
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Getting an offer to jump to REPE that was...
How I felt when they threw me to wolves on my first day and I remembered I had no RE experience: My reaction when I was given no changes to make on my model
Dec 13th
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The markets reaction to FOMC
Dec 12th
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Are You Following Us On Instagram?
You should be. Shame on you. Submit your photos to be posted on our Instagram, like the holiday party gem above, or tag your Instagram photos with #WheninFinance.
Dec 12th
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Going to Market: When I have to call the bottom...
Credit: M/IB/Chicago
Dec 11th
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A #WIF Christmas Jingle: Bonus Claus Is Coming To...
We got this #wheninfinance Christmas jingle in our inbox over the weekend with a note that read: “Now as you read this, just imagine the most senior MDs singing loud and clear whilst glaring towards the analysts around the room. Don’t know how that makes me feel.”   “BONUS CLAUS” IS COMING TO TOWN   You better not sleep You better not try Just bust your ass We’re telling you why Bonus...
Dec 10th
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When the creepy associate tried to drunkenly put...
Credit: Skirt 
Dec 10th
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When I'm on hold for 20 minutes waiting for the...
When I reply all to the entire working group asking if the call is going to start: When I realize the pricing call already started without me: Credit: M / LevFin / Ohio
Dec 6th
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When the senior forex trader comes out of the...
I’m like: Credit: Male/Toronto/Institutional Investments
Dec 5th
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Holiday Party Tales: The Wives in Finance
Wives in finance are, quite possibly, the most interesting breed of human being in existence. Every time I’ve met a senior partner’s or director’s wife, she is an unknown strain of bizarre, worthless, or mean. It’s become the standard. Once upon a time, I’d met my managing partner’s wife and, of course, she rolled in on the Wives In Finance Bizarro Train with glitter in her...
Dec 3rd
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