BoA or Wells?
Which place would you suggest for a SA position?Looking to get on for full-time afterwards as well! Thanks
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Mesirow has better culture by a long shot than BGL
Okay so ….. what’s your recommendation here?
They both work on LMM deals but BGL's average deal size is probably greater than Mesirow. Mesirow tends to only be known by people in Chicago and not much else where. BGL may be more well known, although that may be because of its sweatshop reputation. Do you have comp insights in your offer letter from Mesirow? I've heard they pay significantly under street. Mesirow seemed like a better culture based off when I spoke to people on the team there. They seem to have way higher retention rates than BGL. Is your goal to remain with them long term or lateral to a better place? I wouldn't recommend staying with either long term
None? Yeah just gonna say no to $100k out of school yeah nice.
You people on here literally have no idea how valuable that is. Once you’ve fucking landscaped for 11/hr for 12 hour days, you’ll get a fucking grip buddy. Shut your trust fund baby ass daddy money having ass up
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Tough call because they both have pros and cons and work on similar sized LMM deals. I'd probably go BGL, even with their terrible reputation, based purely on size and ability to access more/better training.
Never heard of Mesirow. BGL has terrible culture, pay, and exits. Average deal size is somewhere around 80 million. You’ll be working EB hours and getting paid half as much. You’re better off in a big 4 valuation role then lateral to IB. Not every IB is superior to all other entry level finance jobs. Also BGLs locations are Chicago and Cleveland…don’t bottle neck yourself working in Cleveland
If you are lateraling you will have a much easier time from BGL than from Big 4 valuation.
100% agreed. That’s easy stuff. BGL is a huge name in the MM.
They just raised their base salary to $90k plus a $50k bonus so….
What are you trying to say? 90k base is terrible compared to any other reputable bank. Plus unless you work there and got a 50k bonus you have no idea. You also have to work there to get paid so I’m sure all the juniors they fired last year are thrilled about their non-existing 90k salary. At the end of the day culture matters. Side note BGL is not a huge MM player like no. They are LMM and don’t operate in any financial centers other than Chicago. If you want to work there be my guest but don’t make it to be something it’s not
what the fuck? did the title to this topic change?
i thought it was BOA vs WF?
It's changed now to BofA v Wells Fargo. Odd question, but BofA.
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