+3 Hating France every day of my life 1 8mo
+59 Investment Banking in Paris 44 8mo
+12 Non EU Students trying for IB Placements in London. 23 8mo
+161 Do I Tell My Associate He Might Not Get VP 30 8mo
+9 New IBD Associate Salaries in Europe (Italy/Paris) 2 8mo
+111 Securitization - The hidden gem of IB? 84 8mo
+44 Imperial MSc Finance vs. Full Time MM 36 8mo
+25 GS Classics - Coverage Groups in 2023 23 9mo
+36 UBS won with CS 5 9mo
+44 Analyst Budget Thread Follow Up--Actual Expenses For An Analyst & Associate In Chicago 4 9mo
+31 VP at Inflection Point 8 9mo
+147 I’m out, last thought 34 9mo
+3 Signing Bonus 1 9mo
+30 What would happen if I treated this job like it was just a job… 7 9mo
+35 how comfortable should I be with accounting/valuation concepts? 21 9mo
0 BofA Securitization Hours/Culture 3 9mo
+9 Upwards reviews 1 9mo
0 6-month gap after graduation...what to do (travel) ? 2 9mo
+150 Anyone else feels dumb working in finance? 34 9mo
+19 My friend’s dad is my MD..Anyone have experience? 3 9mo
+18 How do I get better at slide design? 11 9mo
+107 UPDATE - Director wants to “chat” about my model as an intern. Wtf? 8 10mo
+17 PJT Secondaries vs Evercore Secondaries 22 10mo
+39 Merger model : the buyer writes off the seller's shareholder's equity balance, WHY ? 11 10mo
+4 Latest on Lazard 6 10mo
+43 Anxiety with mistakes at work 10 10mo
+1 Sovereign Advisory? 3 10mo
0 Sovereign Advisory (Lazard, Rothschild, others?) 2 10mo
+17 Sovereign Advisory - exit options 5 10mo
+545 Success in IB - Not Taught in B-School 36 10mo
+5 France League Table 1 10mo
+17 January 2024 London Off-Cycle advice 1 10mo
+3 Paris Investment Banking Salaries 1 10mo
+13 How can I enter Sovereign Advisory with no French? 9 10mo
+29 Sovereign Advisory Resource 12 10mo
+6 Investment banking analyst at a 25-27 yo 9 10mo
+890 F*&King Analysts 164 10mo
+55 UK&Europe vs. USA long term? 16 10mo
+843 Can’t believe it’s over 77 10mo
+647 Banker With Terminal Illness - If I Can Make It So Can You 52 10mo
+3 Banking/Investment Competition in Europe in Spring 2019? 2 10mo
+18 Why do IBD (and consulting) folks all want to come to London? 18 10mo
+36 Can I move straight to MD in IB or Partner in PE after being an acquired CEO? 32 10mo
+18 Working in Investment Banking (London) as a foreigner - possible? 18 10mo
+12 Msc finance hec Paris vs Cambridge 11 10mo
+3 Move to london for PE exit 9 10mo
+4 The Tech industry meets its 2008 Wall Street moment 2 10mo
+384 Moving from extreme poverty to wealth via IB 39 11mo
+8 Normalized bonus size 9 11mo
+79 Investment Banks as Football Clubs 52 11mo
+17 Unhappy with the summer team placement 17 11mo
+258 Associate Moving to Bali 57 11mo
+11 Dog has caught the car bumper, now what? 1 11mo
+6 Deleted 1 11mo
+13 New job new country -> social life? 2 11mo
+405 PLEASE Don't Go Into Banking - From BB Top Bucket Analyst 92 11mo
+8 Wall Street Prep is down?! 5 11mo
+14 LinkedIn post about a new full-time position 4 11mo
+3 Goldman Sachs: Block period after interview 1 11mo
+28 Q&A: Cross Border Corporate Finance And Investment Banking 5 11mo
+3 Opinion on Leveraged Finance teams on regional offices? 1 11mo
+7 What is job security like in London? 3 11mo
+12 EMEA M&A Energy and Power 6 11mo
+3 Nationalisation of EDF 1 11mo
+11 asking ms bankers 16 11mo
0 Confronting Senior Bankers 18 12mo
+48 Career Advice - Burnout and Exiting IB 19 12mo
+134 I made a comps generator, thoughts? 41 12mo
+9 Kalabalik 3 12mo
0 Best IB tv series 8 12mo
+19 I’ll be starting IB FT in a month, do I need a nice WFH setup? 16 1y
+10 Will WHU Otto Beisheim MFin be a good option for me ? 8 1y
+4 How to get into Finance 4 1y
+5 European pay grade 9 1y
+169 Career Mistake - Left IB too Soon 20 1y
+27 London IBD Chances? 29 1y
+6 IBD Chances from other industry? 1 1y
0 IBD Chances from other industry? 1 1y
+20 Private membership clubs - London 26 1y
+10 Incoming Houston Analysts, What’s Your Rent Budget? 24 1y
+8 Best offices in London 13 1y
+40 Top groups at UBS London - need help choosing a group 87 1y
+11 Highest hourly rate job in finance 7 1y
+36 Where to live in London? 19 1y
+9 Second year analyst rant 1 1y
+5 A thread: your city’s best club/bar/hang out place for finance people 20 1y
0 Boutiques London - Culture 1 1y
+67 Georgetown McDonough vs. NYU Stern vs. UMich Ross vs. Northwestern Weinberg 31 1y
+11 Chances of getting a summer internship in the US as a French student? 4 1y
+6 IB in a small city vs big city 1 1y
+144 Working at a non elite botique 50 1y
+233 Tips For Incoming FT Analysts That Did NOT Do an IB Internship 24 1y
+12 Handshake vs. Dap 8 1y
+3 How to learn about healthcare investing? 1 1y
+5 Thoughts on Fisher Futures program at Ohio State? 1 1y
+133 PSA: Consider Regional Boutiques. Good Comp + Lifestyle 46 1y
+9 EB and MBB and Big 4 Experience Debrief 1 1y
+12 SVB Tech NY vs. Ares RE Debt Atlanta 11 1y
+8 Best laptop for virtual desktop? 6 1y
+11 TripleTree versus PSC - Thoughts? 4 1y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • JPMorgan Chase 10 98.8%
  • Lazard Freres 05 98.3%
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  • Associates (90) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (67) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
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