Can someone help me rank these firms by WLB?

Generally speaking, which one will have the best WLB and culture?

BB: GS/MS/JPM/BOA/Barc/CS/UBS/DB

EB: Evercore/Lazard/Moelis/PWP/Greenhill

MM: Jefferies/Rothschild/Guggenheim/WB

Also, do pay varies a lot between these firms for an associate or does it just differ within a $50k range?

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Personally feel Barclays has better WLB than GS/MS because WFH is still being valued here. 3 days a week in-office and analysts usually leave around dinner time and work from home on those days as well. idk about the wfh policies of the other banks you listed, but would be my main focus if I'm optimizing for WLB.

Culture itself is more subjective and requires group-specific diligence. 

 

Anecdotal evidence, but I have heard WB Barc UBS Evr have decent WLB as far as I know. Also seems like culture at WB and Evr seem good at junior level, don't know too much about senior level. Evr prob pays most out of the 4, with the 3 others depending on bucket? That's just conjecture though.

 

Never said they have WFH? And yeah I agree on your culture point, definitely reflects what I was taking about. On the point of WLB at Evr (as someone who just has 2 friends there, so by no means very representative), they say non-tech WLB can be decent, especially recently.

 
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It annoys the shit out of me when people ask questions like this. 

A) Nobody can answer this accurately unless they've worked for every single firm on that list, within every single group. You're just asking for shitty answers from people pulling stuff out of their ass. 

B) There is plenty of WLB data available on specific companies/groups within the WSO database. Better yet, you can call former alumns of each group and get a firsthand account from a live human. If you're the one interested in this, spend your own damn time compiling the info. 

C) WLB varies significantly by group, your seniority level within the group, how busy your group is at any given time, etc. There isn't even a correct answer to this. 

In synopsis; this is a stupid question and you're lazy. Why don't you go ahead and send an application to Marlin & Associates because you suck and belong somewhere shitty.  

 

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