If they could do it all over again, almost a third of Wall Street traders and investment bankers in their prime would pick a different profession.
Bonuses crimped by regulation and choppy markets, long hours and job security threatened by cost-cutting have taken a toll on finance job satisfaction: 30 percent of investment bankers and 32 percent of traders ages 35 to 45 said they would’ve gone into a different trade, according to New York-based recruiter Options Group. The firm reached 1,467 workers in the U.S., Asia and Europe in a survey completed this month.
