GroovyDonut

MBA OR JOB Dillema

Hey, I'm currently 23 years old earning a decent 12l.pa with 2.5 years of work ex

I currently do not enjoy my job, constant stress anxiousness, can't work here for another day.

Planned to do my MBA and preparing for CAT this year and also putting my papers down in a couple of days. Considering I have my exam on the 26th of next month, how long should I keep my notice period? I'm planning not to work at all once I resign, as the company hasn't been good to me. I can keep my notice a week, but then again I won't have a job in hand and will lose work ex. Need some valuable advise here.

14mo ago

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DerpyBoba

Student14mo

Your pay is good you have sweet amount of workex for Indian mbas but then again you will have to go for top 7-10 colleges in the country to have your mba worth. Don't go for new iims/similar colleges the party jump wouldnt be too high but then again who knows you might find a job that you love but that can be gained searching outside also. (for reference studying at one of the t2 iims still looking for better opportunities than campus offerings here on this platform)

GroovyDonut

Signzy14mo

Yeah, thanks a lot, makes sense

SqueakyQuokka

Stealth12mo

Does Non-BLACKI IIMs make sense for someone with 14-15 LPA job with roughly 2.5 years work-ex? And if one doesn’t get BLACKI this time, should he try for it another year or try for ISB as experience will be 3+ yr by the time he starts MBA in 2025?

MagicalKoala

Stealth14mo

I'm also appearing for CAT 2023 and I wanted to know why you are quitting your job before even the result is declared because I had asked many of my seniors who are currently pursuing MBA and they told me this exam is unpredictable so until you have an admission letter in your hand don't quit your job

GroovyDonut

Signzy14mo

I would quit anyways as I don't like my job.

FluffyBurrito

Credit Suisse Group14mo

Education is the edge. Full-time MBA or CA doing a job is always paid much much much higher than a graduate doing the same job even if he is exceptionally good at it. Even though there may be debates however I'm telling you from my own experience of over 15 years and not being a full-time MBA or CA (I regret I couldn't pursue). CAT is a trickier part to clear in the 1st attempt. If you don't crack the exam with exceptional scores, don't settle for an average college else post MBA your package would be just 6-8 lacs (again saying with a lot of experience). Better option is move to Australia/Canada/New Zealand or pursue a course like CFA/CPA/CMA/FRM etc. I'm assuming you're a commerce student.

GroovyDonut

Signzy14mo

Yeah, will give CAT and hope for the best, if not will look for other alternatives that you suggested. Thanks a lot

Also why don't you pursue those 1 year Executive MBA courses?

FluffyBurrito

Credit Suisse Group14mo

Good question, I've already completed from Welingkar business school Mumbai but honestly none of the Executive courses are worth even 5%. Not even IIM executive ones. Executive ones are just for minting money by the institutions. My executive MBA helped me fetch certain higher level roles that I've worked for but not having full time MBA has also hampered my career growth. E.g. HDFC Bank, I got a call for DVP role, they asked me is your MBA full time? I asked how does that matter and reply was, Sir this is open only to Full time MBAs hence we can't consider your profile. Not many will agree to this but I know a lot of the folks who've been in similar situations.

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