Elite Boutique Hours & Culture
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on 11/16/10 at 3:34am
Have offers from a few of the listed boutiques:
Lazard
Greenhill
Evercore
HLHZ
Perella Weinberg
Would be interested in the hours and overall work culture/environment at these firms.
Thanks.





I've heard consistently, from
I've heard consistently, from multiple friends who work/worked there that Lazard has some of the toughest hours and one of the coldest, harshest work environments in the game --- no one above you will have any mercy whatsoever. That being said, it has perhaps the best name out of all those you listed (in my mind). No idea about the others really, though I see people on this site post that they really like it at Greenhill (nice people, slightly better hours, etc).
As Int'l Pymp says, LAZ has a
As Int'l Pymp says, LAZ has a rep for being a particularly brutal workplace. I have heard good things about both GHL and PWP from people who work there, in terms of both bearable hours and nice people. From the few people I know at EVR, it seems a bit colder and more impersonal, though I don't know that many people there so shouldn't comment too much. Don't know much about HLHZ.
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Echo above comments on LAZ
Echo above comments on LAZ and GHL. Don't know much on PWP or EVR, but HLHZ depends on NY/LA. I have heard LA is a sweatshop, especially for restructuring. NY Restructuring is also supposedly brutal, although the slowdown in that side of the business could potentially lighten the load a bit. Also, have heard exit ops don't justify the hours and culture, relatively to the exit ops from the other shops (bar perhaps PWP which seems to be a step behind the others, maybe because they do a lot of direct promotes).
Just sayin', I had an info
Just sayin', I had an info interview with someone at PWP NYC a few weeks ago, and he was by far the coldest banker I've ever talked to. With that being said, I know I shouldn't base my opinion on the firm off my experiences with one banker, but I was really taken aback.
The worst analyst horror
The worst analyst horror stories I know all come from Lazard. With that said, it is a great place to work if you want to learn a fking ton.
Everything I've heard about
Everything I've heard about HLHZ (at least NY) is that its a lifestyle bank. I know 2 kids who worked there (one was there even in 2008-2009) and they said they would get at 7pm-8pm regularly and barely worked weekends. Of course this is anecdotal evidence from a very small sample size so take it with a grain of salt.
Evercore or Greenhill
Evercore or Greenhill
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A couple years ago a Lazard
A couple years ago a Lazard (NY) interviewer asked: "How many hours are there in a week? Great, how do you feel about working 120 of them?" My buddy who was being interviewed had the impression that the interviewer wasn't joking.
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Wow, 120 hours. That's
Wow, 120 hours. That's fucking brutal. I had my first 75 hour week last week and it was terrible. I can't even imagine 120.
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2x2Matrix wrote: A couple
A couple years ago a Lazard (NY) interviewer asked: "How many hours are there in a week? Great, how do you feel about working 120 of them?" My buddy who was being interviewed had the impression that the interviewer wasn't joking.
hahahaha
HLHZ is not elite.
HLHZ is not elite.
for rest hlhz is one of the
for rest hlhz is one of the top. But anyways, hlhz rest LA has a pretty good culture. Greenhill has good people. Not sure about evercore. PWP works you hard, but they pay a lot. Lazard is just brutal
2x2Matrix wrote: A couple
A couple years ago a Lazard (NY) interviewer asked: "How many hours are there in a week? Great, how do you feel about working 120 of them?" My buddy who was being interviewed had the impression that the interviewer wasn't joking.
lol. Add to that a very impersonal culture, and working at LAZ could be horrific. Again, it comes with some very good experience though.
HLHZ is definitely elite,
HLHZ is definitely elite, although they may be known better for their fairness opinions. Anyways, I know an associate over at HLHZ and he is worked like a horse - he has mentioned to me that staying past 2 AM occurs more often than not. Keep in mind, that they are currently very busy and have alot in the pipeline. Futhermore, I hear the pay is quite generous.
are all these posts all based
are all these posts all based on one wallstreetoasis post from years back or from personal anecdotes/friends?
I met a guy from PWP through
Evercore and Greenhill have
"although they may be known
Evercore is top notch. Caveat
Wasn't Lazard the place where
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people Jeremy
Evercore, straight up.
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Alumni worked at Lazard. He
My mentor from early in my
?geez...who's throwing all
Wow someone's going ape shit
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So how are the working hours
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I think culture at Lazard
I think culture at Lazard