MBAs Turn Away From Wall Street

Blast from the Past:

How Hard Do MBAs Work?

Big banks…Start-ups…High tech…Not exactly the markets you’d choose for a 40-hour work week. Guess what? These are the kinds of companies that draw high-achieving MBAs. You’re always on and you’re rarely home. And there’s only one time when these grads can enjoy the traditional 40-hour work week: Vacation.

Is this really true? Also, are there differences in the numbers of hours that males and females work? And what about differences between MBAs in different countries?

Earlier this year, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conducted a global survey on these very questions. Ready for a surprise? Click on the link below for the results.

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MBA Humor

The Procrastinator’s Creed

1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.

2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.

3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.

4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations.

6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given.

7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero.

8. If at first I don’t succeed, there is always next year.

9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.

10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it.

11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior to beginning the greater task.

12. I know that the work cycle is not plan-start-finish, but is wait-plan-plan.

13. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.

14. I will become a member of the ancient Order of Two-Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator’s Society) if they ever get it organized –

Source: Time4Joke.com