Ask the junior bankers: limiting hours is just part of the answer

We’re ready to work epic hours but give us meaningful tasks. That’s what FN heard when we spoke to junior bankers

A junior banker, when faced with a wife griping about the long hours he worked, recently posed his better half a question: “Do you think I would work less hours if I had a different job?” She paused for a moment, before answering: “No.”

This anecdote, garnered during one of multiple conversations with past and present analysts, associates and vice-presidents at bulge-bracket banks, encapsulates one of the many issues banks face when addressing working conditions for junior bankers.

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