Banking Lifestyle at Smaller Boutiques

So I was curious to know what is the lifestyle/working hours for analysts at Florida-based banks including Crosstree, Hyde Capital, Cross Keys Capital etc. Any inputs from our peeps here? Thanks in advance!

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I’m not at any of the banks you mentioned but I’m at a low tier / relatively unknown bank as an associate 1 so can offer my insight into what it is like at one of these type of firms

culture: 100x better than BB/EBs

hours: 50-60 hours per week when quiet/not on live deal and around 70+ hours when on a live deal. No weekend work.

pay: total comp is around 30% below market standard. Pretty fair trade off considering the better work life balance and culture

 

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