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took wrong job |
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Option 3 is my choice |
| Date Posted: |
12/04/2003 |
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After school in May I was in the same Situation. Job opportunities were few and far between. Moving 1500 miles away seemed like a better idea than sales on commission. Throwing an IB salary with stock options, it was a no-brainer. Coming from a Big Ten school I was more than happy to have an offer in this market, much less one from the industry leader. My interviewers grilled me on WACC/NPV, Make v. Buy and Buy v. Lease. I thought the job was in finance. After six months of taking excel spreadsheets and online accg. info and rolling it to the super group above us. I realize that my position consists of nothing more than routine and bureaucratic red tape cutting. Having been told at every turn that my job would consist of "depends on the group that you are placed in" and having been told flat out by my boss that I ??will never be able to do anything I like or am good at here?? I became infuriated that I was lied to and was put in a situation with no ??Outs??. Now I realize that others frustrations confirm my suspicions about the state of business, MBA's do the Finance, their underlings do the dirty work. 'Work Experience?? in MBA Bulletin speak is code for 'has been in the world long enough to command a high salary at graduation; so our USNEWS Rank increases when you land that six figure'.
In this economy the jobs you and I wanted are being sought after at least 100 deep per position. Almost all of those have 2-3 years of the work experience you and I have dreaded for the past six months.
At this point anyone in this situation has some options.
1. Stick it out go in day after day do an impeccable job and get a recommendation to get out after two years. No matter how much you hate it and yourself for doing it and selling out or learning nothing of value. Someday, Somewhere it will be valued by Someone who may be willing to give you Something for doing Somejob in Someindustry.
Maybe you'll like that better maybe you wont, maybe it'll pay better and maybe it'll be a springboard to SomethingElse.
2) Try to get into the field you want. When you realize that your work is lacking so much your bosses will have noticed a month before and will already be submitting their paperwork to send you packing. At that point it??s a race between your feet and their boot to see which will send your ass out the door quicker. You and I are a dime a dozen and no matter how smart or good or deserving we think we are, there will always be someone ready to take it from you should you fall. Trust me there are plenty of us who are in the same room they had before school and would do anything to get out of that situation.
3) Realize that if your income and success is determined only by the MBA above you, true satisfaction can only come at the time where only you can influence your own success and that the best boss for you, is you.
At this point you save every single penny you get your hands on and say to yourself, 'I will transcend the market, use my skills and make my own fortune anyhow anyway'. At this point you realize that the only determinant of your success is what you have upstairs and that you??re going to have to get as creative as anyone has been before and use a stellar drive to succeed, and go out with the passion to carve your own piece of the pie. (In this case contact me)
4) Two words 'Law School'. Once you realize that we probably chose the only profession/career track/major that, at this time, is more unpopular than that guy who drills for oil in your mouth. Or that the asset management is headed up the creek without a paddle, and that those Employee Stock Option Programs will soon head the way of the DODO due to your the best friend of business (AkA Legislation). It will become apparent that maybe the best idea is to just go with the flow and argue for Cheese in the courtroom (Read: Who Moved My Cheese), or hope that in three years they start hiring again.
In the event that none of these seem appealing, check yourself in. |
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Hi! There,
I am impressed with what you had to say about taking a wrong job... and would like to chat with you about option 3 that you listed in your reply.
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