Bank Job - The Brighter Side

Well, besides all the doom and gloom, there is also a slightly better side. There are perks for high performing individuals but they are in the minority.
Some good and cunning salespeople can make up to $10,000 a month. But they have to play their game very well and know how to 'pretend' alot.
And of course, work real hard too.

Banking & Finance Students - Ugly Side of Banking Continued

There is another type of lousy manager who, for the sake of cutting costs to increase his/her own bonus, will have no qualms about pressuring you to quit.

He/she will identify those who do not suck up to him/her and make life difficult for them before pushing them to their limits and eventually getting them out of the organisation.

Banking & Finance Students - Part 3 The Ugly Side of Banking

There are also times when new fresh graduates have to face bosses who do not walk the talk, these bosses do not practise what they preach.
They insist that everybody be punctual and hardworking and stick to lunch hours, but they themselves break the rules and do hanky panky stuff behind the scenes.
They may say they are at meetings at other office locations but in reality, they are just out doing things that they want to do besides work.
Poor workers in the office are the ones doing the dirty job.
Of course, there are nice bosses who walk the talk but they are in the minority.

For Banking & Finance Students - Part 2 Ugly Side Of Banking

There will also be bosses who give work or projects to these new banking executives or officers and do not give proper instructions as to what it is that is required for the project. Most times, these bosses are clueless about what the project is all about so they cannot give proper guidance. They appear to know alot but in reality, they know next to nothing.
Most of these bosses climb the corporate ladder by playing politics and mingling with the powerful people. They are not in the position because of pure hard work. So that's the reason why they are actually imcompetent and can offer little or no guidance to a new fresh graduate bank officer.

Banking & Finance Students - Part I (The Ugly Side)

There will be bosses who prey on sweet young things (SYT). These male bosses cannot control their male urges and will want to get close to those new young fresh female graduates.
They will find ways to give personal coaching to these girls, find excuses to 'test' their knowledge of bank products, put them in different scenarios to 'test' their effectiveness in dealing with various situations, and a whole lot more other silly excuses.

Banking & Finance Students

For banking and finance students seeking a career in banking, please note that it is not going to be smooth-sailing, there will be ups and downs and if you are an ambitious person, you will have to struggle, play politics, curry-favour and know who your friends and enemies are.
Sounds complicated, well, let's just put it this way, it is not going to be as straight-forward as school days, where all one needs to do is study, solve the problems from the textbooks, get some tips from lecturers before exams and mix with the correct bunch of classmates who look out for one another.
I will elaborate more in my next posting. Thanks.

Seems Rosier Than It Is

Take a look at some banks' recruitment ads and one will notice lots of perks being mentioned. However, there are some who say that it is done to lure people into working for them and after most have gone into the jobs and experienced it, they will eventually leave because it is not as rosy as it seems.
Then the ads come onto the media again, and once again, new fresh people are recruited and the cycle repeats itself over and over again.
This is the sad state of affairs nowadays. Compare the situation to 20 or 30 years ago when baby boomers worked for a company for their entire working lives. Back then, companies were not as cost conscious as they are now. Benefits were better.