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Truly a tale older than me. In the business card scene in the film "American Psycho", all the guys are Vice Presidents.
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
Truly a tale older than me. In the business card scene in the film "American Psycho", all the guys are Vice Presidents.
- icedchai 2y agoThat's still very common in finance. It's a relatively low level title.
- caseyohara 2y agoIsn’t the hierarchy Analyst < Associate < VP < SVP < Managing Director? This is why I always laugh when people point out title inflation in tech like it’s unique or egregious. Finance has been like this for much longer.
- dh2022 2y agoThere is a method behind this madness (... or rather title inflation). This webpage explains it pretty well (it is a bit tongue in cheek but it is Friday). https://epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com/2013/03/curriculum-vitae.html https://epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com/2013/03/curriculum-v...
- aix1 2y agoA variant I've seen (at a couple of European investment banks): Analyst -> Associate -> Assistant VP -> VP -> Director -> Managing Director
- sys_64738 2y agoVP in my group had only 8 people under him. It's just a glorified manager although you do get a desk at the end of the row backed against the wall.