Looking to lateral and change country to go to Paris (M&A team). However, in the same time I’d like to find a bank where the culture and the lifestyle is somewhat reasonable (i.e. protected weekends would be nice and/or remote working). Do you guys have any insights?
NB: I am a native French speaker.
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Where are you looking to move from? Could be some culture shock/ Paris syndrome so be careful..
European banks would be a better choice for WLB vs US - so basically, the usual suspects.
Yeah but heard Rothschild and Lazard being sweatshops. What can you expect at BNP, SocGen, Credit Agricole, etc.?
I am coming from continental Europe IB and I have lived in Paris before, so no cultural shock for me ;)
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