Hey EUROPETARGET, what a lonely thread. I'm here since nobody responded ...so maybe one of these discussions will help:

  • Paying Back Gross Sign On Bonus Bonuses Get Paid Out? Analyst Total Comp In 09 Find the Best Jobs on Wall Street Subscribe to our ... So I quit my job at a BB and have to pay back the signing bonus. When I received the 10k sign on, ... paid to you, it's just that with taxes, you ended up with much less than $10k. User @NorthSider ...
  • Didn't get paid a bonus as a PE Associate... being said, our year just finished up and it looks like no one at the junior level got paid a bonus this ... year. Our base salary is a little higher than the industry average(125k base) but with no bonus the comp ... looks like. Anything else worth asking for? If they can't bring up cash comp by a significant ...
  • single big deal comp hey guys, I need to find stats on single-deal compensation. Hope you can advise. My co-worker just ... the PE firm is paying 0.5% of the deal- netting us $12mn. Management has asked me to benchmark how ... much deal-based bonus and annual bonus he should get, as right now, we have neither. Our annual bonus ...
  • How I Paid Off 60K In Loans Hey- I just wanted to stop in and tell you guys how I paid off approximately 60K in student loan ... a $550 fee. I have a lot of credit cards and business cards because I pay my rent to get the signup bonus ... organically adds up. I have also used a few grand from sign up bonuses to pay off loans or I use the points ...
  • Paid well but bored total comp (base + bonus), work a straight 40 hour work week with little to no travel, live in a nice ... all starts over again the next month. As it is now, I can get all my work done in less than 4 hours ... I'm just not getting those things out of this job and I've reached the point where going to work ...
  • What's the smartest thing a recent graduate can do with the money they earn from their first job/bonus? Just curious what the brilliant minds of WSO have to say about this. Obviously it's a good ... idea to pay down debt and not spend your money on a sports car, but also given the current interest ... rate environment- maybe it makes sense to pay down school debt slowly and invest all disposable income ...
  • Paid Subscriptions that are worth their money/good value? subscribing to the Economist, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal just so I can bother to stay informed ... Are you guys enrolled in any paid subscriptions? do you think paid subscriptions are worth it? ... what kind of subscriptions are you willing to pay for? they don't have to related to news or ...
  • Very Tough Decision- Short-term Comp vs. Long-term job market comp and no cash bonuses in order to get the high upside of carry, to learn a lot, and to get ... exponential pay as we grew. Definitely learned a lot, but got laid off from both these firms with no bonuses ... cap raise, get no comp, be near broke, start at this good PE job with ok pay and basically have to ...
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