Credit Suisse PE - Opinion on their PE?

Any of you guys have an opinion on CS PE? I have a friend who worked there in 08/09 and said he really hated it. I'm discounting that view though because they laid off a lot of analysts and I know he just had to do tons of crap to keep his job. This was just the environment then.

But then I was talking with a IB analyst who just jumped to the buy side and went through a lot of funds interview process. He said CS PE has a reputation for being the worst to their PE analysts amongst all the BB groups.

Does anyone have any other info, experience or friends that have been involved? I know there are a lot of funds and groups but I'm just interested to get some more opinions.

Thanks

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My question was more regarding the corporate culture of CS PE. I'm not interviewing or anything for a specific group so not necessarily theDLJ funds. I would expect all the different funds to have a similar culture given the larger corporate parent. At least that is usually the case in my experience with non BB megafunds. On a side note, to my knowledge CS has the following funds:

Brasil Private Equity Fundo Mutuo de Investimentos em Acoes - Carteira Livre, L.P. - $300, Credit Suisse First Boston Equity Partners, L.P. - $2750, CSFB Fund Investment VII Holdings, L.P. - Launched, CSFB International Equity Partners, L.P. - $608, DLJ Growth Capital Partners, L.P. - $175, DLJ Investment Partners III, L.P. - $1530, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners V, LP - Launched, DLJ Private Equity Partners Fund II, L.P. - $839, N.C. Innovation Fund - $232

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