I'll not bother with an education, I'll get an admin job at an investment bank..?

[Cortina]

I know a few women/young ladies who are all trying to meet an investment banker. The plan is to get a low level job in a merchant bank and then snare/marry a man with huge potential. The goal is to be incredibly rich and not do a stroke of work.

A few I've met have been successful in this way and are very open about it. The bankers themselves have left and have set up hedge funds.

Is this surprising? It shocked me, that anyone would sell themselves short but seeing how competitive it is out there can we blame them? Girls using their looks as a currency to trade?

at least they get a job first,unlike some wannabe wags!

There's a thread on chat about it, lots of people saying it's pointless - most bankers don't marry secretaries.

India Knight wrote about this in her column for the ST this week
Marriage has always been a career path of sorts, but in the olden days, it was often the only career for women
We do have choices now and I know what I'd rather do

Is there? A recent one?

The most successful bankers I know have 'ordinary' wives that are clever and strong. Not a WAG type.

However, many who have 'bagged' this type have not gone in as a secretary, perhaps had a job near the bank and targeted the 'night spot'!

We have a name for them.......they are known as wallet vampires.

Rather like the girls who get the train up to town from the sticks to frequent the bars in the city to snare a "suit".

Btw its how i met my dh. I worked on a trading floor and so did he. We're still here 15 years later

Aha, you are one of them! Good luck to you!

I married my boss...

Actually, no, I married my boss's boss's boss's boss (does that make sense?)

Oh I should add: I have 3 degrees and am NO WAG!!

I would say a job in admin at an investment bank is an OK job. If one manages to marry the boss, or even a colleague then what is wrong with it?

Nothing, but perhaps if that's your 'game plan' it is rather calculating?

It's only calculating if you factor in a divorce to part him from his hard earned wedge.

If you happen to fall in love with someone that you work with then its a happy accident. Most people I know meet people through work.

Better than some grimy nightclub.

We call them office piranhas!!

This is a risky strategy - these days a trophy wife is as much about brains as looks. None of the bankers I know have married someone with less education than themselves.

Also, the chances of mixing with the bankers if you are in admin is quite slim. You have a better chance of meeting them if you go to the same social spots.

At my bank office relationships are strongly discouraged and would not reflect well on either employee so it is unlikely an ambitious man would jeopardise his reputation like that.

As a doctor you often marry other doctors
It's life

Hello again Darrell. I disagree, it's calculating IF your choice is about the partner/husband catching potential and has nothing at all to do with the job.

If you choose to be a Doctor your goal is likely to be you want to become a medical professional rather than your goal is solely to meet a rich GP or surgeon.

I know many who have targeted the office/bank etc due to the earning 'potential' of the men within.

Can you actually get a job in admin in an investment bank with no education these days?

cortina, yes, talking more re female bankers marrying male bankers, perhaps a perk of the job rather than a calculating move

You certainly used to be able to, or in the bar over the road failing that . Or failing that finding out the Friday night haunt...

Yes, true in that case Darrell. I know plenty, however, that have 'targeted' the bank for anything but a 'career' reason.

I know many investment bankers and they almost never marry admin staff. Wives tend to have their own career (or had one if they gave up for the kids) and tend to be as well educated and bright as their husbands.

For the very high level people, I agree. That's the global heads of the large investment banks that sort of thing. For the traders and similar, not, IME.

I know someone who did this. I think she's currently being traded in for a younger model

LOL my H is a VP in an investment bank and I am a qualified teacher. IME they shag them when they are young and care free but they never marry them - too bloody thick and cant carry a conversation about anything other than holidays and handbags in company.

Ahem! Not necessarily Squiby.

Just asked H and he snorted with laughter. There are over a thousand traders etc on his floor and he has worked there a long time. He stands by what I said. I am not saying which one but he works for a MAJOR player and has seen it all over the years. His words good for a quick shag! Lol

Similarly how many doctors marry nurses? Not many.

I worked for a small investment bank for a while. The blokes there might have been loaded but they were all pompous and super-ugly. The single ones were all searching for very well-bred wives from old money. Some of them had come from nowhere themselves, but were looking to trade up in the social stakes.

I met my DP in work.