Bank Perks

I haven't seen an updated thread and I thought it might be helpful for prospects to get the landsacpe on different banks and their perks ie. Lunch / Dinner stipends, gym discounts, ubers etc. etc.

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Based on the most helpful WSO content, here’s a breakdown of perks across various banks:

Meal Stipends

  • Truist: Essentially unlimited dinner stipend.
  • Jefferies: $30 dinner stipend.
  • Bulge Bracket (BB) Standard: $25 for dinner if staying past 7 or 8 PM.
  • Evercore: $100 per week for groceries, food, or delivery while working from home.
  • Lazard: Seamless 4 days per week, $35 per meal.
  • Centerview: Seamless every day, twice per day on weekends, $35 per meal.
  • PJT: Seamless every day, $35 for dinner on weekdays, $25 on weekends.
  • Houlihan Lokey: Seamless every day, $25 per meal.
  • BAML (Bank of America): Seamless every day, $35 for dinner.
  • JPMorgan: Seamless every day, $25 after 7 PM, an additional $25 after midnight.
  • Morgan Stanley: Seamless every day, $35 after 7 PM.
  • UBS: Seamless every day, $25 after 8 PM, weekends include $20 for breakfast or lunch, $25 for dinner.
  • BMO: Seamless every day, $35 on weekdays, $75 on weekends.

Transportation

  • BB Standard: Car service (UberX) if staying past 9 or 10 PM.
  • Houlihan Lokey: Cars home at night.
  • BBs: Generally don’t restrict Uber rides as long as it’s to your home address.

Other Perks

  • Houlihan Lokey: Unlimited MetroCard for mornings, phone bill paid, gym subsidy.
  • General BB Perks: Discounted gym memberships.
  • Credit Suisse (Interns): Swag like duffle bags, vests, water bottles, and notebooks.

Unique Perks

  • KKR: Catered breakfast, lunch, and dinner whenever you want, private jet usage, and corporate Amex for almost anything.

This list provides a snapshot of perks across banks, but specifics can vary by region and role.

Sources: Meal Stipend Benchmarking, What Perks Do You Guys Get in your IBD Jobs?, Bulge bracket analyst perks, Bulge bracket analyst perks, 2023: What are your buy-side perks?

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