Moving from IB to MBB - lifestyle questions

Curious, are you in M&A? Do you mind giving a bit more colour on background either here or in a PM? Will be starting at an EB soon and curious to see what "profile" they look for 

I imagine you'd probably come in at the Senior Associate level (ie, one above the entry level undergrad position) with your YOE. In the US that's ~130 base, ~150 total, unsure what that would be in EMEA (and it definitely varies between countries)

remote vs on site is usually project team dependent. we see a huge range here, from full on site working to fully remote. in the US, it's definitely tilting towards more travel not less, but YMMV

Can only speak for Bain, and only on some of those points. And I am based in London.

• Base: don't know enough yet to be useful. You might be able to come in as an SAC or Consultant (? TBC).

• WFH: we aim to have peeps in 3-4 days a week, with 1-2 days at home (but not too far away, in case you need to come in last minute).

• Work at clients: depends on the practice, but we do follow the client's lead a lot on that, with a bias toward being in the home office whenever possible. Now, the Private Equity Group works almost exclusively from our office, since PE funds don't really need us on site for due diligences.

• Hours: average is 55h/week, but the usual suspects (not counting times on the beach), would be indeed in the 55h to 65h range. We try to have early days on Fridays (when practical), and one easy night in the week during a case. Of course, these may not materialise on a super tight deadline. But there’s usually efforts made toward making those happen.