Can someone help me rank these firms by WLB?

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It depends by group

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Out of all the groups at the firms listed above, which one have the best WLB and culture?

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IMO this is entirely untrue

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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.

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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.

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You're kidding me if you say Evr has WLB. Most of their teams in NY/Menlo get crushed, particularly since 2000 (jts been 9am-2am everyday for most teams). Culture wise - EBs are generally better than BBs (except for probably Barclays, BAML), but that's again very much team dependent.

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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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WB does not have good wlb

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Really? Have heard good thing about SF/Bos (tech group HQs)

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Roommate works there and definitely on the better end as far as banks with a lot of deal flow go. Protected Saturdays are respected and they hired a ton last year to keep up with demand. Obviously they’re busy given volume but at least from what I see with my roommate they’re not doing as much BS / pitch work that wastes time

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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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Aye congrats on Greenhill

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