Have pulled together the below list asking around the industry. Would appreciate any additional views here.
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RBC - 4 weeks
J.P. Morgan - 4 weeks
Morgan Stanley - 4 weeks
Citi - 3 weeks
BOFA - 14 additional PTO days over next 12 months
PWP - 4 weeks
Rothschild - 4 weeks
Harris Williams - 2 weeks
Centerview - 4 weeks
Guggenheim - Ranges but 4 weeks is common
Lincoln - 4 weeks (1 week for every 6 months you are an analyst)
Cain Brothers - 2 weeks
KBW - 2 weeks
Goldman - No
BMO - 2 weeks
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UBS - 2 weeks. This bank is bad for even sabbaticals.
BofA is 3 weeks as well between A2A
Raymond James - 4 weeks
Moelis - 4 weeks (data is generally what it was in the 2010s from my experience)
It’s now 2 weeks and largely informal (HR will never tell you about it)
Yea that’s basically what it was when I was there. Very informal. HR never wanted to mention it until I basically said I wanted to quit lol. They then mentioned other A2As had done it. Said I could take 2 week of paid vacation or whatever I had banked. Then said the rest of the month or two could be unpaid leave but then I would be expected to either return or resign if I didn’t want to come back. That was the deal they offered me in 2017. Good luck
Goldman - no.
Lmaooooooo
JPM is two weeks, but you can stack additional PTO on top of it and make it 4 if you want to burn those PTO days
Perella is 3 weeks
A2As have gone soft, you should be focused on continuing to build your brand / career rather than a trip to the Floribama shore
Build your brand? Are we LinkedIn influencers, did I miss something?
This man likes working for the man lmaoooooo
Didn’t know banks still did this. I thought this stopped at COVID era.
I don't think people understand how bad IB in some Goldman groups. And the MDs / staffers just do not care
Guggenheim is 2 weeks.
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