Blair VS HL Chicago
Have both offers in hand. Which is better for WLB/Comp/Culture? Heard HL is sweaty, but Blair not much better. Any insight much appreciated
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William Blair sounds cooler
Go to HL, WB is so much sweatier. Unless you’re at HL HC then no difference. WB is horrible place to be now.
WB has paid like shit for the past few years and had mass junior layoffs in 2022 and 2023.
Not saying HL pay has been fantastic or anything but they didn’t have any layoffs and didn’t completely screw over analysts with pay over the past few years.
I’d go with HL.
WB paid zero bonuses last year. Like that’s not an exaggeration. They actually gave analysts zero dollars. Lmfao
Spoke with an MD. Way overinvested in '21, budget got squeezed in '22, '23, '24. He's confident bonuses return. Spoke with a trusted analyst, he said he was pleased with his stub bonus this year. Is this trustworthy/logical?
what else is he going to say? yeah it's looking like another 0 next year?....all you have to go off is how they've paid historically, the MD wants to get heads in the door and he'll sell you any way he can
Current WB analyst here — Firm had an excellent 2024, paid good bonuses and continues to be a great first job for a career in finance. This forum over-indexes to those who’ve had bad experiences, but the majority of folks at WB are happy to work there and are getting quality deal reps. Yes, the firm had a couple of bad years in ‘22 and ‘23, but the reality is that this has no bearing on incoming SAs and analysts and the firm has re-gained its place as a top advisor in the MM, consistently winning mandates and running strong processes
Me if I was a liar
Fake info. 1st year got paid ok this year with the stub. VP and above was a mixed. Associate was totally fucked, unless you are “top” bucket. Ranking is a black box. Paying 45-50% to middle bucket people is not acceptable especially if you worked over 80 hours a week on average. Go anywhere else but Blair. People have been dropping like crazy after bonus. The firm is in desperate search to hire people. Please don’t let people fool you. Blair is a very very shitty place to be.
WB Chi is a horrible place to be now. Which group is the HL offer?
HL Consumer
That group does very well. Would take it over WB in its current state
what year are you?
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