Received an AN1 offer from FT Partners and I can’t lie the salary is enticing. I know FTP gets a lot of hate on here for the WLB and culture, but is it really as bad as everyone says? Can anyone at FTP comment on this topic in an unbiased manner? Are the horror stories true lol
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My roommate works there. They pay an absurdly high base, yeah, but their bonus structure is fked up, you only get part of it after year 1 and the remainder is deferred till years 2 and 3.
I won't say too much on culture since there's a lot on here but just be ready to deal with a toxic work environment should you join.
If it's your only offer I'd take it but just know what you're getting into.
It's strange because everyone I know (7 people) who works and or interned at FTP is incredibly competent yet their exits aren't great.
I'd take it if you had nothing else, but be warned that the business model is absolutely sweatshop oriented.
Is the offer for San Francisco or a different office?
90 park ave in NYC
140k base btw
FT / AN1 started?
Take it if it’s your only offer, do not take if you have any other option.
Don’t take it if there’s another offer.
If itz you’re only offer, you’ll get great experience and reps……
Juniors are bomb and there isn’t backstabbing or hyper flexing with the juniors. The seniors are vying for the founder’s acceptance……HR doesn’t care about employees and only protects the founder……..nobody can stand up to the ceo or tell him what’s really wrong with FT so nothing will change.
ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY
boooring booooring tables!
my friend works at ft partners ~ your work is EXTREMELY based on the analyst you get. you can either work 30 hours a week or 120, there's no in between. also they're rolling down base from 140k to 110k due to low deal flow they havent closed jack shit
110k base btw
How do you tell people that they're going to get paid 110k instead of 140k?
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Only on WSO will people tell you to "take it if it's all you got" to a job that pays 140k base out of undergrad lol.
Because it’s good advice in an industry where your lifetime earnings are based on a backloaded compounding combination of prestige and experience which gets murdered by 100 hour weeks at McLaughlins’ cap raise churning no name shitco of a bank
had a SD today for SA 2025. anyone know anything on timeline to hear back
It’s the American Agentis Capital — search Agentis Capital here and you’ll see what I mean. The bonus structure is the same - it vests into the next year. The base is higher than street, and the place is toxic asf.
London culture has improved I heard or no
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