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Moelis?? Lol
Moelis HR making threads on WSO
Might be my stockholm syndrome talking but I thought my group's culture was actually pretty good, esp at the jr lvl. Hours are separate topic lolol
Stay away from happy hour if you are a male junior. There is another thread here where a talented male analyst lost his job because female analyst snitched on him for buying drinks to their intern (male).
It's not normal for us to be walking around on eggshells terrified that one slip up could ruin us. What an insane world that we live in.
This is what happens when you deal with loser f*mcels which IB attracts.
Barclays, Macquarie, WF
WF highly group dependent. Most groups have good junior culture but some work their juniors so hard that happy hour is out of question.
Able to shed some light on the good and bad groups? Asking for a friend
Could you please shed more light on the chill vs sweatier groups
Honestly UBS. I left because it started feeling too shaky but for all their faults, at least my group had a fun culture.
ngmi if ur drinking so who cares
HL is hosting like monthly "birthday parties" and other random happy hrs/socials, but i would rather see a larger bonus number than eat three slices of cake from magnolias
This guy gets it. I don’t need to know what my MD thinks about Israel just fucking pay me
MS / PJT / PWP have solid cultures.
Wells is pretty good. MDs in my group are all very chill guys you can cut loose with at the HHs.
Happy hours? Oh man…Jefferies for sure. They do play hard, while also working hard.
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