Dumb job, but paid dividends - Associate Business Development Milken Institute Employee Review

4.0
Aug 8, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's one of those jobs where no one outside of the company really knows what you do, so it can be whatever you want it to be when you're interviewing at your next job. You'll make a ton of connections here, especially in the finance industry, and you never know how they're going to pay off in the future. I am almost ten years removed from this job, which I hated at the time, but it continues to be shockingly helpful despite the fact that I've moved into a completely different industry.

Cons

The work is boring. You're a concierge to billionaires and their companies. The company claims to be a nonprofit think tank, but really you're an events company and everything you're doing is in service to Global Conference or its sister conferences. Also, you're working for upper management for whom this is a laid back retirement job. This job is either a stepping stone or a tombstone, depending on how long you stay here.

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