ROFLMAO.

Gee, ya think???

In other news, Eddie hates marriage and IP is cheap.

Point taken.

I prefer the term "economically efficient"

West Coast =/= New York

Amen to that brother...

I work a full time, partime, go to uni and hustle Leafs/Raptors tix on the side... so just under 100 hrs a week all in... im definitely starting to feel some side effects... consulting will be a cinch whenever i get in lol... my body will be trained to handle all this no sleeping crap

what if we already have those before work? 3/5 for me.

I've read plenty of posts on this at M&I, and honestly I'm not surprised that an official investigation found these results. But can some of you elaborate on this? As in, what does it feel like to spend a whole day running on red bull/Starbucks? Is everyone constantly tweaking on amphetamines?

I've had my fair share of school + work weeks that had me sleeping at 2am and waking up at 6 to start all over again. It was only worth it when I got to see people I enjoy being around and stayed active. Is there any time in IB to exercise during the day (i.e. some down time in the afternoon, etc)? Could I sneak out for a half hour run as long as i had my phone in case i was needed? Also can anyone shed light on the order out food options? How much can you spend on food each day?

Sorry for my ignorance guys.

Haha.

Aren't you still in high school?!?

They were still reeling from the departure of YoHoo

My question was clearly not about simply having "down time" in the context of sitting at your computer with no work to do. I'm in high school - I understand what spending hours on the internet feels like, and I know that bankers do too. I want to know if there are chances to get out of the office and get a quick run in, etc.?

As in, if your boss shows up at your cubicle and you're not there, what happens, and does he accept an excuse for leaving the office to get some fresh air? (this assumes that you're not a dumbass and you don't leave the office when it's clearly unacceptable).

Indeed. I'm one of those rare white kids that's fighting the educational downfall of America, and I need a job in order to pay for my car, etc. It'd be nice if it paid off with a college acceptance letter or two...

Not sure if serious about pull-up bar....

Good to hear about the gym. I'm not so worried about lifestyle as an intern, because (assuming I even get any internships), I only have to endure that for a few months. FT lifestyle concerns me a lot more.

Wasn't there a story or two in 2007-2008 where a banker woke up and didn't remember anything up to that point in their life? Forgot the medical term for it and was looking for the article but couldn't find it.

Either way, crazy to think that even just a few years spent in a high stress environment can cause issues that affect you the rest of your life.

There isn't a better bang for your buck then a Yeungling Lager. I'll be drinking that the rest of my life.

BTW, I don't know how prevalent it is now, but a few years ago they barely shipped out of the PA/Maryland/Deleware region. I know they recently opened a distillery in Tampa or somewhere down south. Where do you live Illini?

Yuengling has come on real strong in the past few years - very popular down the Atlantic coast and in Georgia from what I've seen.

This is a pretty scary article but I do see a lot of health issues in a lot of people due to this job (maybe not as extreme as the research suggests but still).

For example, people start looking a lot older, start getting grey hairs from the stress/lack of sleep (even an Analyst in his early 20's in my team found a grey hair the other day), mood swings (it's amazing how easily you get pissed off at meaningless stuff when you had very little sleep), people gaining weight (although my team has been pretty good at being very careful with diet and trying to get to the gym at least 2x per week), back problems, relationship issues (hard keeping gf/wife happy in this job) and general miserableness.

Currently, people are especially pissed off because clearly bonuses were terrible for last year but we are being asked to work even harder without more people as activity is picking up and also doing a lot of marketing/pitching as MD's are worried about their jobs obviously. So even tougher hours but not good pay (especially for Analysts where bonus isn't really a bonus but just delayed comp). I think a lot of people I speak with currently are going to exit this industry permanently within the next 3-6 months (it's surprising how little people seem to care about making less money but gaining a lot work-life balance and not having to deal with all the negative attention on this industry / banker hating (where you're embarrassed to tell people you work in 'banking') + structural changes leading to lower future payouts (potentially forever) + getting even less support for projects (even if live and large deals). Other opportunities are there but will take longer to get the right new job in the current market obviously.

Let's see how this shakes out but things are changing... (still on the fence myself)