M3 partners
Does anyone have any updated insights into the firm, wlb, culture, comp, etc? Would appreciate any insights
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I have never worked there, but I have worked with a number of people from there that I greatly respect and like. All of them absolutely hated it. They could not stand the people and would regularly recount stories about their time there that made it sound like a bit of a madhouse of personalities.
I did also interview there a few years back and I was a pretty good candidate for the job (perhaps even a bit overqualified if only based on the perception of the role I was looking to leave), and the interviewer straight up told me I shouldn't join. I told this story to my buddies I worked with a few years later who had come from M3 and they thought it was (i) hilarious, (ii) the right advice, and (iii) that they would have said the same thing.
All of that said - I think the place is a pretty good restructuring boutique. I don't know about their more recent mandates but pretty sure they were lead debtor on Sears a while back which at least was their claim to fame. Personalities and culture change, so feel that out, and at the end of the day if you can get through those points its not a bad name to have on your resume if you want to work in the distressed/credit space moving forward.
From what you heard, was it bad because of just the people working there or WLB or both?
Mostly had to do with the people. That said M3 has been discussed on wso before (try searching MIII or M-III) and I do think its supposed to be relatively sweaty. I don't have great info on that though tbh.
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Revamping this - was told comp for associate level was around $150ish base + 50% bonus. Any truth to this?
Have read through some prior threads about workload and anecdotal experience, hoping for some more insight into team dynamics, mandates and the typical work flows, etc if possible. Thanks in advance.
That comp is wrong
In which direction brah?
Not wrong - can vouch from cousin working there.
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