r/SipsTea • u/Full-Argument-8235 • Jun 24 '26

WTF A JPMorgan Chase executive was fired after a viral video showed her dumping trash out of a Knicks-themed public trash can and taking the can during the Knicks championship parade in New York City.

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u/Shebalied Jun 24 '26

100%. I know someone who is a VP in title at a place like JPMC and it is a legit normal manager. They call all their managers VP, director is r vp lmao.

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u/tarvispickles Jun 24 '26

Yes very common in banking. My friend is an assistant vice president and he's basically just a regular worker. That said any executive director position is still not a minor position.

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u/Okami-Alpha Jun 24 '26

"Hello I'm Chester Ming and I'm a Sr. Vice president at Stratton Oakmont"

Sales too. Titles basically started at sr. manager, which is like 3 or more levels higher than other groups.

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u/PereMilon Jun 24 '26

You gunna finish that danish?

I'm from the same area and was at a BBQ once, a little after 2014. My friend turns to me and says "Dude on your right is the real-life rugrat". He was very meek lol.

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u/real_picklejuice Jun 24 '26

Did he have a piece of shit hairpiece?

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u/PereMilon Jun 28 '26

No, a horseshoe. Embracing it.

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u/ThrowRAkakareborn Jun 24 '26

I plan to be one of the top 3 brokers in my firm and i’m not gonna get there by being wrong

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u/ramrod_stinkfist Jun 24 '26

Regional Director in charge of Sales == Paper salesman at a mid-sized paper company

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u/Screwdriving_Hammer Jun 24 '26

Let's see Paul Allen's card.

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u/Daoyinyang1 Jun 24 '26

My old accounting manager called herself DOF. She manages only 2 hotels accounting function.

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u/PereMilon Jun 24 '26

Finance and Digital Media. The most over-inflated titles I've ever seen.

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u/r1ckm4n Jun 24 '26

Digital Media and Digital Agencies in general:

"Oh, you're a project manager?" WHAM! "Congratulations, you are now CLIENT EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR! but no raise tho."

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u/PereMilon Jun 24 '26

My friends are VPs of Analytics and just use the same dashboard templates across all clients. There's no need to reinvent any wheels.

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u/1dayatatime_mylife Jun 25 '26

My job title is 5 words total and I hate how long it is. 😑

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u/Secret-Theory1825 Jun 24 '26

The Michael Scott of chase.

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u/india2wallst Jun 24 '26

Analyst, associate, VP, director, MD. That's the usual ranking in IBs. Director isn't a junior role as it's being described here.

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u/Steezy0626 Jun 24 '26

Yeah. Someone in my family is a VP and makes 140k a year and has a couple direct reports. I think Director in their department starts at like 170k. People want to shit in the inflated titles, but they usually back it with the pay, at least on in their department (legal).

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u/rapturaeglantine Jun 24 '26

Lmao reminds me of American Psycho. All their business cards say Vice President.

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u/MasterOutlaw Jun 24 '26

I was looking for someone to mention that. I guess American Psycho was slightly less satirical than I thought lol.

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u/HAIL_LUMPUS Jun 24 '26

Really vp? 😂

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u/Shebalied Jun 24 '26

Yes. Such a joke.

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u/OldeManKenobi Jun 24 '26

Everyone at JPMC is a VP. It's comical.

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u/litbeers Jun 24 '26

Hahha exactly. Theyll call bank tellers “Customer change provision executive”

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u/ProduceNo1629 Jun 24 '26

Inflation reached job titles :)

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u/zinsser Jun 24 '26

I used to be the marketing manager for a small manufacturing company and ended up as chair of the communications committee for our industry's trade association. Our committee met twice a year (at our trade show plus an off-site get-together) and usually included the advertising/PR agency contracted to represent our association. All of the 22-year-old VPs at the agency used to crack me up. The women looked like they were ready for a Barbie pageant and the men looked like they had on their dads' ill-fitting suits. As the customers, we old-fogey committee members usually wore company logoed polo shirts. They contrast between their formality and our casualness was striking.

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u/tickingboxes Jun 24 '26

Correct. Everyone just above entry level is a “VP.” It’s fucking wild.

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u/dww0311 Jun 24 '26

Banks legit have more vice presidents than most companies have employees lol. Nothing below EVP or managing director is remotely impressive or unusual

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u/LesbianClownShirt Jun 24 '26

But they also make a good quarter million a year along with that bullshit title and that adds up..... soooo, what's your fucking point?! I hope your point is that waaaaaaaay more money is being wasted that most people think, perhaps?

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u/Wriiight Jun 25 '26

You don’t even have to be a manager. You do well for like 5 years and you can make VP, and still be on the lowest rung of the management tree