It’s all about looks Greenie. Unfortunately your earnings have topped out at 60k
My brain-dead secretary makes $66k/yr…
#JustSayin’
How much you make?
#Loser
Don’t do that man, move to NY if you can.
nothing against gman but i dont think he would make it in nyc…he would need to change A lot
For argument’s sake, G how aggressive are you about pursuing the work that you want at this employer? For instance, one of your persistent complaints has been that you’re not getting enough client face time. What could you do to change this? If you wanted to get involved in investment work, have you proactively put together any proposals or scheduled meetings with your boss for suggestions, or have you just done what you are told to do?
It’s not unusual that you are doing menial work six months into your job - they don’t know you that well and therefore are not going to give you any really important responsibilities. However, maybe there is a way to aggressively muscle your way into the work that you want. If people suddenly realize, hey Greenman is doing a lot of new and useful things, and he’s maybe even too smart or too good to work here, are they still going to pay you below what you think is the market wage?
Yea I’m starting to wonder if scorched earth would be an overreaction at this point. In any case, if you’re going to start complaining definitely do not mention any of the work conditions stuff just yet. Keep it on your desire to contribute and utilize your abilities more. And it’s better to avoid making it look like an airing of grievances. Find instances where you can add more and offer to help on those things.
Moving to Dallas, Houston or San Antonio may not be a good fit from a lifestyle perspective for him? I don’t know, maybe his wife likes smaller towns.
^ Yes and no. Lived in San Antonio for ten years and I miss it greatly. However, we have family ties here, and I’ve gotten used to the different pace here. It works for me.
Whoever said that I wouldn’t make it in NYC - you’re absolutely right. Fort Worth suburbs is about as big as I really want to get. At least if I had my 'druthers.
Won’t disclose a figure, just know that I’m “well off”.
#Winning
Really poor taste.
BS- Given the nature of this thread, in hindsight I’ll agree. For the record, that retort was directed solely at atush for his earlier comment in this thread as well as another from last week (which I chose to ignore). Next time I’ll take the higher road.
#sorry
No worries, honestly you could have just as easily pointed out that I’m a hypocrite for calling out poor taste given my posts. Don’t sweat it.
Your mom… has poor taste. And… she went to college.
Am I the only one who thinks hashtag is s2k alter ego?
You’re giving me too much credit, and him not nearly enough.
#cheers
OP should be M&A’in, buying, flipping, D&Cin acreage.
really sorry to hear greenie.i think you should start applying and continue working hard for the company or at least pretending to do so. the only time you degaf is when you have a another job lined up. really tough to do so when you are a cost center.
I’ve considered moving to one of the bigger firms that work in the transactional-type stuff. Especially the one that has a valuation department.
Go to the local version of Big 4, learn valuation, then leave and start my own valuation shop. Hmmm…
Cons - they would demand that I give up my investment business. Pretty sure they wouldn’t even let me do it on the side, because as soon as Merrill Lynch learns that they have an investment guy on staff, even if he’s not soliciting clients–that would be the end of any referrals from Merrill Lynch.
Similar thing happened to me a few years back. Sometimes these small firm guys have serious trust or jealousy issues. I left as soon as my bonus was 1/10th of what it should have been. A buddy of mine is still there, as soon as I left the owner promised him the world…nothing has actually happened for him yet. Unfortunately, if you’re in the same situation, it might be best to just cut your losses and look elsewhere.
Might not hurt to do some searching before going in and making any demands though.