Pod guarantees

On average, what are the guarantees or offers at the senior analyst or jr PM level for analysts or sector heads at SMs moving to a citadel/Point72? Excluding buyouts of deferred compensation and the outliers where a star from a top SM is being poached and getting a big book on day 1. 

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