Two or three things at work (Part 4)

In the Hong Kong enterprise finance department where I interned in 2016, when I left this year, the bankers had already changed one round, and only one remained standing, rising step by step. We had the same title during the internship, and this little brother has now even Jumping two levels, I can see how awesome they are, I can only sigh.

The bank’s corporate financial customer coverage in Hong Kong is divided into Hong Kong local companies, subsidiaries of mainland companies in Hong Kong, financial companies and subsidiaries of other multinational companies outside the mainland in Hong Kong (Multinational Company, MNC). Two to four bankers are taking care. The enterprise finance department here had two big heads at that time, a Hong Kong enterprise finance Head that specialized in managing the first three types of customer bankers, and a Hong Kong MNC Head of the fourth type of customer bankers. There is a lot of office politics here. One mountain does not allow two tigers. Often one person feels that he is the most profitable enterprise in Hong Kong, but often another person and his team are not too scornful.

I have a great feeling here for two and a half months. Even if everyone is in the same department, there are only 14 people who have added me and another intern, but basically there is no communication between bankers with different customer coverages. The other party knows what they are doing. At most, there will be interactions when the department goes to dinner and sing K, but it is only superficial. Because I'm an intern, at the bottom of the food chain, it's insignificant, and some bankers will share gossip with me. I can only say that this group of people is in a space for more than ten hours a day, even if they don't like each other, they are still intriguing. Really painful.

Needless to say about them, I was in pain myself. There are only two people who came to this department for an internship, but it is impossible for the department to open two return offers. I asked about the probability of this department giving a return offer in the past, and only one was offered in the past three years, but the lucky person later refused, so I My own thinking is that this is a war. I want to maintain a normal colleague relationship with this intern. Sometimes I have to cooperate to finish the case, but at the same time I have to compete. I really felt that I was really in high spirits at that time. collapsed.

For example, the big boss is used to arriving at the company as soon as 8:00. Okay, I have to be there at 7:30 to show that I am very dedicated, but of course the other intern has the same plan, so every time the company is the first interns of us to arrive. , just sitting next to me, and I have to say hello to each other on the surface, but I often think that my husband and I are in such pain because of you, otherwise I really want to sleep a little more.... . Of course, it's not uncommon for us to leave work when the bankers are gone, and it's not uncommon to have to pretend to send emails at night, and then go into the office and pretend to be on holidays. I still remember a banker saying that our interns are very pretending, really pretending, but there is no way, if I don’t take it seriously, bankers will complain, and if we take it too seriously, we will be hurt. We just want to survive and integrate.

Otherwise, when the bankers sent us a letter asking us to see who would take this request, I even wanted to do it, but because I was very fake, I would first ask the intern if he wanted to do it. Also, if the bankers were looking for another intern but not me I would be very nervous to see if I didn't do well. Finally, in the middle of the internship and the last week of the internship, our interns have to analyze a company and propose which products our bank can provide solutions for this company. We need to do slideshows and presentations. At that time, I was always afraid that the other party would see When it comes to what I'm doing, I have to minimize the slideshow at all times when I'm at work, just in case the other party gets up and sees it...

In short, at that time, I was really nervous every day, but I would continue to have dinner and chat with the intern of the other party. The other party noticed that I was invisibly guarding him. He told me in the penultimate week of the internship that he actually did not want to stay. This bank works, because he used to work in a Chinese bank, the atmosphere there is better than here, the people are more friendly and he has connections there, so I don't have to worry about him. But at the time, I didn't believe what he said. Was it a fake or something to make me slack? In the end, I was wrong. They got along very well in a Chinese bank and was sent to work in the United States. I often shared with him The experience of living there is pleasant and pleasant. In my words, although I returned to work in the same bank as I wished, I was very happy a few years ago, but in the end I was still physically and mentally exhausted. So, it’s hard to say who is doing well and who is not. It’s all about each other. choice.