Comments on: Guest rant: My investment-banking brother says…

By: Mark W.

Mark W. — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:18:03 +0000

“Picking up a voicemail is slow and there is no way to file it.”
Fast forward 1 1/2 years later after this post was written.
My VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service allows me and is set up to record a voicemail as a wave file and sent to me as an email. Therefore when I’m on the phone and at my computer and decide to ignore the warning tone of an incoming call, my email notifier tells me someone has left a message with the text in the email giving me the telephone caller’s number. What really blows my mind is that I’m paying less than half what I did with my traditional service with much more than twice as many features.

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By: The Cartographist

The Cartographist — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:25:58 +0000

“If it is a quick request or question that can be easily answered, there is no excuse NOT to call first.”

This is why we have instant messenger; later, when you’re wondering whether she told you to make all tabs blue or red, you can retrieve the log file and answer your own question.

By: Body Interned

Body Interned — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:35:12 +0000

PS- visit my blog if you like these kind of rants/discussion. it seems as if nowhere on the net in 2007 is there a place for analysts and interns to vent. ibhell.blogspot.com
If you happen upon this post from 2006, come over and join the discussion at Investment Bank Hell.

By: Body Interned

Body Interned — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:32:57 +0000

That is soo true! Interns/Analysts do enough grunt work already. No direction, no complete instruction, no concern for other projects and priorities…Generation Y is in for a real wake up call…that or management is going to wake up to them. I’m on the Gen Y/GenX border interning in London. Even at a startup boutique, where I rant about my experiences in my ibhell blog, there is no kindness to the little guy. I sit in the same room with the chairman and he’s an ass! He will send emails all day and once he waited until 7pm on his way out to tell an intern HAPPY BIRTHDAY! He was trained in New York 15 years ago…no surprise.

By: Investment Banking Brother

Investment Banking Brother — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:31:59 +0000

I agree 100%. If the person picks up the phone, a phone call to answer a quick question is fine - but after three rings and no answer, you better hang up before it goes to voice mail. Just as bad (maybe even worse?) as an actual voice mail is when someone hangs up once they realize they’ve been put through to voice mail, yet I still get the voice mail notification.

By: talkingmike

talkingmike — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:30:49 +0000

I was about to take you to task for pepetuating superfluous emails, but you quickly redeemed yourself.

If it is a quick request or question that can be easily answered, there is no excuse NOT to call first. Sending email when a quick phone call will do is akin to sending the silly “Thanks so much!” brown-nose email after someone has responded to you.

By: DealBreaker.com

DealBreaker.com — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:21:03 +0000

Red Bombing and Other Kinds of Management Terrorism

File this under “innovations in bad management.” Also, people must stop using inept management tactics like the “red bomb.” This is when a senior guy wants to tell you something, but instead of calling you and risking that you’ll…