Why I left my Wall Street Job!

[@Jacksonmarshall1234]

Yk what? This is actually a video with good advice

[@jamesrehan9969]

i agree, she deserves more views

[@mehere337]

What's the advice?

[@RaquellyReacts]

@@mehere337 find a job that values you and don’t break your back for long hour jobs that don’t care about you

[@BP-vr3rt]

No it's not. Stop simping. She's a quitter with a bunch of excuses

[@nunyadambusiness3530]

@@BP-vr3rt and shes richer than you.

[@youtubesucks1499]

I was on Wall Street for 2.5 years... she is absolutely correct. I left NYC, moved to Virginia, got married became a commercial electrician, opened my own business and still worked long hours... but I made bank. I was in better shape, owned my own home, paid cash for my vechicals and eventually sold my business and went into sales. Vivian is spot on. Take a good long hard look at your life and make better choices.

[@roxette24]

It sounds like you more so enjoyed your after Wall Street life though and took more pride in it and providing for your family with it. Everything happens for a reason though 🤷🏻‍♀️ even if we don’t understand it at the time.

[@breakingthemasks]

What was your route to becoming commercial electrician? Like, how long did it take, and you have to go through a union apprenticeship type thing or was it independent? And if you don't mind my asking, what made you decide to sell your profitable business and go into sales? I've been considering both The electrical trade and sales as potential career paths and wondered if you had any advice. Thanks

[@youtubesucks1499]

@@breakingthemasks It takes 4 years to become an electrician. I became one because it was a pathway to owning my own business. No unions. You can't work as an electrician if your union has no work. Apply at a company and tell them you are green and want to become an electrician. The pay at first is low. And the work is hard. I sold my 3 businesses to the guys who helped me start my businesses. One started with me over a decade ago as a green helper and now owns the business he started with. My plan was to invest in 3 bigger construction companies that have a fantastic infrastructure in place and are expanding. That allows me to handle the sales and marketing side of business. That in turn has put me on the pathway to begin the process of starting a marketing company that specializes in construction marketing. I had a 25 year plan. I broke that plan down into goals and tasks.

[@thegreat9481]

I dig it

[@chfman4912]

Wow a whole 2.5 years. You really put in some time there. Interns go through a rotating program that lasts two years but your 2.5 years is enough time to know everything there is to know about Wall St eh. Good for your success in VA but yeah, your 2.5 years ain’t squat mate. That’s a joke. You know NOTHING about Wall St.

[@carrieblack1476]

Your best share…you stopped, looked around, and considered what you wanted and needed for you. Best lesson-thanks for sharing!

[@LeeLoo_22]

Im 52, worked hard for 27 yrs and would like to enjoy life now.

[@joseywhales52]

I hated corporate life, too. Been there. Done that. Wasn’t worth it. After I got sick due to the overwhelming stress I was done. Just not worth your health and sanity.

[@Jonwisniewski04]

This is absolutely correct. You give up everything to be the all star in those jobs. It’s a good experience for a few years when you’re young but if you want a family or something other than work it’s not reasonable.

[@tk2496]

I’m sorry you had to go through that 😢. I’m Asian ( Japanese 🇯🇵) at my last job I went through racism. I put a claim in with the human rights tribunal and 3 of upper management “ quit “ . I just wanted to say , your tips saved me alot and motivated me to invest and save🙏🙏

[@patienceobongo]

Asians are very racist.

[@ShittyWorld-zs9ry]

Its laughable that Japanese are talking about racism. Japan is one of the most xenophobic country

[@kianjs]

Donation and no reply is crazy 😂

[@aryansharma643]

😂😂​@@kianjs

[@AstroBaby91]

Refreshing take. Not worth it to spend all your waking hours working.

[@kellacanb]

Yup. Literally just left my job for this exact reason.

[@nancy8269]

How many hours you put into a job really matters! What’s the point of all the money if you don’t have time to spend it and be happy.

[@aarongarcia5667]

That’s the difference between men and women

[@linda33528]

@@aarongarcia5667 lmao you should tell the same thing to my mother who did the same thing as Vivian back in the 1990’s and now she’s retired and has been at the age of 35 and a multi millionaire making at least 1.5 mill in passive income a year after quitting her job in investment banking and opening up her own businesses and then bringing in partners to manage and sold part of her ownership to them so they’d want all the business to succeed too but the caveat is that, she no longer has to actually work and as of RN ENJOYING HER VACATION IN LAKE COMO ITALY.

[@ashton8878]

@@linda33528aren’t you spoiled.

[@linda33528]

@@ashton8878 lmao if you can’t read I SAID MY MOM. Hun I work. I just graduated college and I work at Google so where am I spoiled?

[@PeaceOfMake]

​@@aarongarcia5667 So men like being miserable? Gotcha.

[@karenolandria5323]

You are an inspiration, Vivian!!! Keep doing what you’re doing. Me and my husband listen to what you have to say. Thank you for all that you do!

[@mrsparkle3372]

one of my friends got a wall street job and was making $150K a year right out of school. however he was working close to 80 hours a week. literally working two jobs.

[@nehaa3778]

Wasn't on wall street but had a similar toxic situation...ditto as she described...have to take a look around and re evaluate. It's all worth it down the line. A lot worth it. Thank you.

[@fayekalantzis4523]

I respect your choices thank you for helping us understand what goes on

[@mandy648]

My husband refuses to go to management at his job. The managers don’t get paid enough to be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We noticed most of them were divorced and didn’t really know their own kids. He has a nice paying job that we try to live well under his wage. Good for you for making such a great decision young!

[@iqbalmatondang]

In San diego there is a compressor and gtg manufacturer where all of the engineers ride ferari and the management ride usual car. The manager cannot force the engineer to work at their schedule if the engineer said no. the company is prosperous and subsidiary of s&p 500 company

[@samjon6403]

​@@iqbalmatondangI was a manager that used to work a horrible schedule. The sales specialist had a better schedule and made more money.

[@CM0N3Y2021]

how much do they get paid to be managers, if I may ask?

[@potato1084]

Time with your family matters more than money tbh.

[@faithm9284]

I'm so glad you're here! Thank you BFF for your shared tips and sound advice! 💌

[@sherifatubashorun170]

I love your clips.keep teaching...everybody needs your tips...remember you are the queen in this arena

[@brendagraham6038]

Good for you. May you be blessed beyond measure ❤

[@kcphillips9861]

I have watched a ton of your vids. This is by far my favorite!!!!!!

[@georgemendoza7508]

God has something better for you. Many hugs from Chicago.

[@sandspyd3r717]

U go gurl! Respect for taking control back or your life 😊

[@jaxxon9]

Good for you. Love yourself - you know what they say: “it won’t be written on your tombstone, that you spent more time on the job, than with the people you loved the most.”

[@sheilayoung9082]

Good for you, Vivian!!!👏👏👏

[@fastbladeproductions7961]

That's why I figured out day trading......... I work just a couple of hours a day... if that....

[@FakeRDSamurai]

You said it, the second best way to get rich is to be young. Good on you for not giving up your youth.

[@elizabethhurtado3737]

You go girly! Thank you for everything you do. You’re amazing and an inspiration to me! Girl power! ❤

[@joes7028]

Same did 7 years felt like 30 I quit and started a restaurant the pay isn't the same but I'm the boss and treat my employees with respect.

[@merovingianv3462]

why do you treat them with respect?

[@ayeshaleephotography]

AHHHHHH I’m dead!! I lost my shit when she gave the middle finger to her former boss. When my job changed managers and the new manager zeroed in on me, I was like hell no. That wasn’t in my mind. A lot of people started quitting. Corporate was to stupid to see that she wasn’t a good match. I found another job and quit three days later.

[@gotentk4]

love the finger reaction! very genuine!

[@shadalajackson6757]

This is your zen, BFF. I mean " Rich BFF" giggles 😃 glad I came across your short video and subscribed.

[@rero6212]

Your videos are awesome Vivian, thank you for sharing them.

[@blueshoes915]

Left the job but kept the skills. 💕

[@matt.stevick]

Wall Street is hard. I’ve been a licensed invest advisor with the SEC since 2005. I left after 20 years because i beat it, I won. I’m 41, retired, single, happy and rich. I invested heavy and consistently into NVDA for years. I did my homework, I took on the risk of being wrong, and I won.

[@jawant6039]

Does being a banker require a lot of smart or just a lot of grit?

[@rvstewart4211]

You’re awesome! Thanks for all you do, and share!!

[@DjAlexMiamiDj]

I love you're channel !! ❤

[@terrybuggs4004]

Way to go girl. Your courage will reward you.

[@douglasgrossi196]

Love you Vivian… you make our day!

[@T.S.000]

Well, I left the hedge fund job for 2 main reasons: people and personal life (I have no complaint with the "pay" though). You are correct about the a**holes within the industry and the looooooong hours, but the pay was absolutely awesome.

[@BonkersFutures]

Especially as a front end quant I hear

[@T.S.000]

@@BonkersFutures : If you have saved & invested your money wisely, do not mind living a simple life, and want to get your personal life back, then you can give it up too. Nowadays, I am a, part time, adjunct professor (with little pay), and I am much, much happier.

[@BLU_GR.Y]

Thanks for sharing! This was really eye opening!

[@davidelswick3309]

HELL YEAH! spot on Young Lady 😂 here's your sign 😂

[@finallyahero273]

Love your story and good for you leaving toxic!

[@drjulieh]

Smart and courageous. Thank you for sharing your content 🫶🏼

[@1218lilrobeddie]

That is inspiring 🙌 👏 you have balls of steel !! You're truly an inspiration ✨️ keep up the great work 👏

[@Bryan-rz1zg]

Thanks for your transparency and knowledge. I love your videos and can’t thank you enough how much you’ve helped my family.

[@ArtCB]

That’s incredibly brave of you. Glad that you found your happiness ❤

[@fatalynn7]

🖕🏽😂😂😂 Vivian is the best. Newsletter is fantastic btw!

[@rameshhansaravendra]

You don't need to work on wall street if you know how wall street works.

[@NcigPigLeegTusYees]

Yep, left my leadership position that over worked me, high stress, most projects ends up on my plate since I get it done, no support, less pay to an individual contributer with higher pay and doing the job I was hired to do which is 1 task. Told my ex boss its not rocket science to not work in a job with less responsibility and work with more pay.

[@tonydouglas863]

Good for you Queen 👑. Kudos ! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@charletfoster8917]

Appreciate this video sooooo much!!!! Life is more than work n 💰, we all need balance so🙏🏿😊🙏🏿😊💯👊🏿

[@laurendays_]

I was a financial analyst for 4 years, and literally the same thing happened to me. It took me awhile to see that my mental health was more important than a job where I had zero respect and worked long hours.

[@Ryan-cb1ei]

I don’t understand WTF goes on in these finance fields where it’s supposedly just normal to work 12 hours a day or something??? How is that normalized? I see this in accounting with friends and family, and it just seems like overall, the finance field is filled with BS that people are supposed to accept for a chance to make it “big” after some years of experience.

[@potato1084]

@@Ryan-cb1ei Yeah I decided it’s better to invest my own money instead of investing someone else’s and being paid a set salary for that but having to work 12 hour days.

[@andresaristizabal1359]

@laurendays_ what do you do now if you don't mind my asking?

[@Muffinator8838]

Ok I loved this!!! Thanks so much for sharing❤

[@kellyfuerte]

That's exactly why I changed my career track. My dad died when I was a teenager and when I was older and it came time to pick a career path, Ino longer had that desire to be a work horse for 10 years in order to maybe be cushy later on. Who knows when my time will end. I would rather make a little less and gain more time to enjoy my life and family while we are still here.

[@danieljund2107]

What little did he know that was the greatest day in your life?Now you have your own business. Good for you sweets.

[@Bllue]

GOOD FOR YOU! I left a job i loved for similar reasons, my original manager was amazing and we were a perfect team. She left to move to texas and our director was terrible at managing people who asked questions, aka me. Things he used to appreciate about what i beought to the office soon became reasons for him to nitpick and harrassment ensued. I talked to HR and tried to make it work, but left on my 2nd anniversary with the company because things were not getting better

[@ashz1142]

U go girl😊! I love when you gave the finger.

[@xXJade_AssassinXx]

Yep being young and working smarter and harder - the world isnt ready for you xD Keep going! Make it ready!

[@nightcoreeclub]

i like you and the way you’re just into real talk ❤

[@bigcitycommute]

Each reason alone would be valid! I left a career at a nonprofit that had a lot of positive attributes but it was a sinking ship due to upcoming changes in state regulations. I have never looked back.

[@TamagoHead]

Love the way you speak with your hands! 🥰👍🤭

[@erinsears3122]

Good for you. I’m glad you left! I had a manager at the company I worked for which was a very reputable Ivy League hospital. Tell me because I had a pretty face nobody was ever going to take me seriously. She came to my office directly to share that with me that was the only thing she shared with me at that moment in time when it was reported to HR, nothing was done and they found it Null and void as they put it even though we had open cubicle space, and one of the pharmacist heard her say that to me. Needless to say, I left that company shortly after I’m not sure why these companies think because you were their employee they’re allowed to abuse you.

[@SJGoesPlaces]

Great job on showing that finger. I am in the same boat and putting in the hard work for success.

[@Maria-pl3xp]

I love this smart woman!!

[@MrJearley6]

Thank you for this video. This is your new subscriber from Los Angeles but I’m the big island of Hawaii and thank you. I definitely love your last part of the video thank you. I need that today.😂😂😂🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿

[@xuetachibana4469]

I have heard of poeple stories who worked before the 2008 crash and it is horrid. Girl props for you ❤

[@rebeccalewis9480]

Great reasons! Good for you! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@tbossbae71]

It's not just WALL STREET. Many places treat us this CRAPPY WAY . Like us girlies are BENEATH them. . Funny how i work in the trades & AM KILLING IT!!! LOVE ❤❤❤ THAT MIDDLE FINGER... THERE'S ONE OUT THERE FOR YOU TOO TIM!!! 😂😅😂😅😂

[@user-nd3tg5zn1b]

This is why we love you

[@TheTechCguy]

This goes with any job that is absolutely causing you way too much stress and especially not enough gain. Yeah, show them up and shut them up! You’re better than that job! 💯💯💯

[@marshallmom1962]

I sure hope you sued that jerk. Nobody deserves that. And good for you for quitting. I love your posts!! Learning new stuff daily. Thank you!

[@RR-et6zp]

he wasn't one. He was stating facts

[@Rookiearound]

Been on Wall Street for 7 years. Love every minute of it! 😂😂

[@Tytrades]

Wish exactly do you do?

[@joseC2013]

Fuck yeah

[@adamvoss4402]

I love that Wall Street is exactly what I wanted it to be but failed to achieve minus it no longer being the 80s but also it seems people want to work 5yr then start their own fund

[@ChiCityLady]

I also can see AI replacing a lot of these jobs in the future. You couldn't replace whole teams, but you could definitely shrink them with AI doing more routine work or drafting presentations with basic data inputs

[@sheneedsme]

My daughter as offered one of those stressful jobs on Wall Street where you make money but have zero time for a personal life or to start a family. She wanted a work life balance and good pay so she took a job in tech at Google instead and she loves it there. Happily married with children now which is something she always wanted and would have to have delayed if she had gone to Wall Street. Her classmates that did go to Wall Street burned out after a couple years.

[@acsgdo02]

Yep she explains the reason for the paygap very well

[@Astrobucks2]

No, it doesn't. And the pay gap isn't a real thing.

[@teresalipot3585]

Yessss! The finger. Perfect.

[@songkim117]

Most people can't handle it, but those who do will make it big.

[@the-ironclad]

Investment banking is a job that you grind and go balls to the wall for a few years, stack your money and then dip

[@chfman4912]

Um hokay. Lemme break this down for you. Every singular experience does not unilaterally define everyone else’s experience across the board. There are many MANY variables that affect your pay, work environment, work life balance, etc. Starting off, not every job aka role within the same company is going to be paid exactly the same. First, the responsibilities of the role are considered, the market rate for similar roles on the street, and the skills and performance evaluation of the current job holder coupled with the management for that team>department>lob etc all factor into what the pay is going to be. And even with all things being equal, two people can do the same or similar roles but in two different departments and get paid differently because for example middle office jobs have different pay scales than front office or back office etc. Not to mention management pull is stronger in some areas able to get more approved. Also some lobs are considered profit generators while others are considered overhead. So the piece of the pie is smaller when budget is allocated for salaries and raises/bonuses etc. When it comes to management and your environment and work life balance, that is going to vary a lot as well. Different managers manage in different ways. I e had some that micromanaged and many who take a hands off approach and trust us to do our work and report up when we need to give status updates or request input/assistance. If you make an effort to look for roles in companies that share your values on those things, you might find a better fit. Or it may be that you were just never a good fit for corporate life to begin with. Yes there are roles that are inherently more stressful but that is the nature of some jobs like front office trading roles. But to generalize an entire firm or industry based on a personal experience is myopic especially when you’ve barely even started your career. You can’t work a few years and then decide you know everything there is about what a career long journey is going to be when others such as myself have over twenty years to draw on knowledge and know yes there are good parts and bad parts but it isn’t guaranteed to be the same experience for everyone when you factor in all the aforementioned variables. A career is a roller coaster of highs and lows. It’s never going to be just up up and away. I guess the one variable I forgot to mention is yourself. If you are going into a job or career expecting it to give you more than you give it because it owes you, then you are going to be disgruntled and rightfully so. Remember, you are being hired to work for someone else at the end of the day. Thankfully many companies are very good about focusing on employee satisfaction and employee values etc, things that some people would call ‘woke’ but actually help people achieve a better work life balance which the company is not legally required to do and which we should be thankful for rather than attack them over. Just my thoughts. I keep seeing these ‘I quit my wall st or corporate job’ videos by twenty somethings complaining over hours or pay or mean managers (she didn’t mention reporting that manager to HR for his sexist or racist comments btw. That’s interesting) and I feel like many of them are more for the views, subscribes, likes, and ad generating revenue than truth telling. Oh and the fact you expect to eventually be overpaid and underworked says everything one needs to know about your true morals and motive. It’s one thing to have that happen on its own, it’s another to go in expecting that as if you feel you deserve to do less work than your being paid for because your little special Vivian who wants a trophy just for showing up. EARN YOUR DAMN SALARY.

[@Astrobucks2]

This! Entitlement attitude is the real pandemic!

[@gcg8187]

Agreed!

[@nayomeer4736]

Lol...Bam! Tell ' Em Vivian 👊

[@ST-rj8iu]

been in corporate america for 15 years. I have no fear of losing my job and have started saying no and putting up boundaries with my time if something is clearly useless. let them fire me.

[@thewisdomdivatv]

When I worked at Nomura they had a section on the trade floor called “millionaire’s row” which was the offices with windows. They all seemed pretty miserable and treated the support staff like myself HORRIBLY. Some used to take it with a smile because they would throw around Knicks tickets, Broadway show tickets, and give away the excess of gifts that came their way. I avoided that whole area like the plague. The money for them was good but they knew at any single minute and one bad trade, they would be out and their reputation would be trash. Not worth it in my opinion.

[@alohatvn]

So happy 😊 you are doing what you enjoy. Money 💰 🤑 💸 is not as important as your health and personal life. Subscribed for more amazing videos 📹.

[@justtriss2893]

Well this was a dream of mine changed my mind

[@pedrogriffin1934]

You mean working in WS? Please share if you don’t mind…

[@kristinhale199]

This is all 100% reasonable, and totally understandable. And it is also the underlying reason for the gender pay gap. Women tend to make decisions that prioritize everything she mentioned. While men tend to prefer working those nearly 12-hr days into their 50s for their own reasons. I'm saving this video as a nice, succinct way to demonstrate this in a very natural way. Thanks for the great video! And nice job on making the life decisions that work best for YOU.

[@Gigio1269]

Exactly what’s happening on the job today

[@anthonytippett5997]

I’m a girl dad & I love what you do

[@ljc3484]

That middle finger was hilarious. 😂

[@Valentine828]

I worked on wall st in 90's - was awesome! not the same now

[@patsilvia]

I hope people who currently are working long hours like Vivian did have a chance to see this yt short to get the fresh perspective.

[@jaystrickland4151]

I did too. I went to a midsized bank. Way better pay and I work less than 40 a week.

[@Labrli]

This is great knowledge!

[@PandaHead602]

Glad you had experience

[@thatgui88]

Wow I would have never thought I would relate to Vivian my rich BFF. Something really similar happened to me haha.

[@notreallydavid]

Everything I hear about Wall Street work sounds marvellous. When can I fly over and sign up?

[@ccbb7472]

I love you thank you so much .😢

[@jbeezy4509]

Good for you💪🏽 I left a good job after a year and half same reason to find a job that will let me be home with the family more😁

[@geofflee216]

I’m a bank manager. Overworked and underpaid. And corporate takes advantage of all employees, especially down at the branch level

[@Super-yw7ss]

Yes, me too, 7pm, your lucky try 12am, 1am

[@X99Zero]

Its all fun and games while there’s money and family support

[@elvisochieng6267]

With trading jobs the best places would be hedge funds, investment firms and Private equity they provide a better work life balance