News of young talent fleeing investment banks, employers scrambling to lure them back and all the memes of overworked analysts might make it seem like woke millennials aren¡¯t willing to burn the midnight oil.
Post-pandemic life has been an opportunity for introspection. Gone are the days when a long, lucrative career in finance ¡ª and all the social capital that comes with it ¡ª seemed appealing.
But the real reason no one wants to work in banking isn¡¯t just the terrible hours and a generational awakening. It¡¯s that, like banks themselves, the work isn¡¯t what it used to be.
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