Last Friday we had a company outing. We stopped trading a bit earlier and headed up to watch the new Batman movie in the IMAX screen. The movie was great, I mean it is hard to dislike a movie when you are watching it on a huge screen with sound so loud your seat actually shakes during explosions.
After the movie we had a delicious meal at Patsy’s pizzeria in the Upper West Side. While ordering food the very attractive waitress thought one of our traders called her sweetie when in fact he was ordering sweet tea. oh boy that didn’t go so well.
We closed down the night with a couple of beevys at Dive 75. We had a great turn out and definitely had a great time. If you ever make it up there make sure to say hi to the bartenders: Steve, Lisa or Felicia; make sure to tip them, you would get your tip money back many times over! While working the jukebox I struck conversation with a young lady. She was very surprised to hear that 15-20 of us from the office were chillin’ together at the bar, especially after trading the whole day and spending the extra 6 hours partying.
Let’s face it. Not everyone enjoys their job, let alone the people they work with. I am darn proud to say that this is not the case with our group. Normally, on Fridays we have a couple of drinks at the office and then move the party somewhere else. Some of us go out and play golf on weekends. Some go out to nice dinners from time to time. The bottom line is that we enjoy working with one another.
Trading attracts by nature those with a huge competitive drive. There are many trading groups with people that do not even know each other within the company. Sometimes it is that individualistic desire to succeed that keeps them from actually enjoying their job environment. It does not have to be that way! There is plenty of money in the market for everyone in a group. Trading is too much fun of a job to let it turn into a living hell. Yes, performing always comes first for all of us but why can’t you enjoy the company of your coworkers while printing money in the market?
