An1 Mid bucket Citi this year was 60k bonus on 110 base. Top bucket was 80-90k. Bottom bucket was 40-50k. They paid great this year.
So it seems like the highest paying BBs this year are Citi, GS, and CS, and the lowest paying are Barclays, MS, and JPM. Not sure about UBS and DB.
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Citi officially > Barclays, JPM, MS
Seriously though congrats to the analysts who got paid at Citi, jealous af over here
has citi ever been
I agree they rank high on the league tables, but I feel like I see them on less high-profile deals? Might just be me though.
I would also say that I think Barc has better exits (there was some post aggregating the MF exits across BBs) bc of the in-house M&A in the coverage groups. Again just a personal anecdote, but I don’t think I met a single Citi kid at my MF interviews and there were several CS/Barc.
I heard new bases bumping up to 125 for first years and 135 for second. Can you confirm?
I can confirm that A1 in some offices in EMEA saw 20% increase in base this Wednesday
Shoutout to the real Top G Jane Fraser
CS and Citi have been getting shit on so much yet paid higher bonuses than the street lmao.
How ironic.
Good stuff though I’m also jealous
Why are you jealous? Bonus wasn’t good?
Bro probably works at JPM getting 5k bonus
JPM better step it up fr
Lmaoo BofA just not included not a BB I guess
You tell em
What was gs bonus?
What was AN2 at citi?
An 3 base up to 135 from 125
Citi raised base? Huge moves again from the top G Jane Fraser
AN2 base is 135 in my group.
nyc?
When do bonuses get paid out? Was too scared to ask lmao
August 26th.
Globally and in the U.S. Citi is the undisputed #5 BB in terms exits, league tables, fees, high profile deals etc.
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What were an2 / an3 bonus ranges at Citi?
Did citi raise A1/A2 bases? Someone commented that in the bonus thread
Haven’t heard anything internally
Base raise would be absolute badass move by Citi honestly
Yes
anyone know if bonuses are group dependent or mostly standardized across IBD? incoming analyst here
??? Citi has always paid top bonuses. Year before it was top 80 and bottom 60. and i think they are also still fully remote? vs JPM
which is 5 days a week attendance or
boom silent layoff
Citi is 3 days in the office, 2 days wfh and cameras-off fridays
depends on group, some groups are fully in office with ‘work from home’ on friday but expected to be in office
sorry, what does "cameras-off" mean? like you guys have meetings but don't turn on video? or you guys just don't have meetings at all?
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