Why does Nomura get so much shit on WSO? I don't have any personal biases for or against the firm, but it seems to me that their only downfall is the deal flow (which is a problem at a lot of other lower tier banks).
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I recently had a discussion with a friend from an alt's PR firm about this topic. We spoke about the rise of social media influencers in the financial service industry and how they have the ability to sway the next hiring generation toward and away from certain companies. Think of these large finance meme pages and the influence they can exert over the undergrad and even high school aged finance hopefuls. When Finance God throws up a post knocking Nomura and praising Jamie Dimon to his 80k+ followers, people start to second guess the legitimacy of Nomura and are drawn to JP. Sure, Nomura doesn't have incredible deal flow and has had some instances of outspoken and dissatisfied employees, but does it deserve all of the shit it gets? My guess is no. Companies are starting to take note of this, too, and are hiring firms like my friend's to get in front of this new social media paradigm. By the same token, I think influencers are becoming increasingly aware of the responsibility that they have to educate the younger generation.
TL;DR: Social media influencers are beginning to have a large pull in the financial services community and have the ability to sway hiring trends, and I'd take any knocking/praising of firms with a grain of salt.
Those same finance meme pages used to post certain products (JUULs, La Croix, etc) with what I would assume was the same intentions (swaying opinion). Now you have hardos in undergrad sitting in their schools finance labs ripping JUULs, drinking La Croix, and talking about "deal sleds" and they don't even realize how much they're getting made fun of. It's sad but funny.
You got featured on a fin meme page
I'm aware, shouts out my boy ArbAndy.
One of the most helpful pieces of job-hunting advice I ever received is to choose a boss or team rather than a firm. Even if the wider firm really is a joke, there can still be plenty of resume fodder and money to be made.
Second this -- might be the single most important piece of career advice. Big companies, even "start-ups" past the 100 employee mark are all the same. It's all people with selfish intentions across a broad spectrum of competencies. There will be shit teams and shit people, everywhere. Look for the diamonds in the rough and you could work for a no-name, completely unprestigious company making a killing and having the time of your life.
if you dont make at least 100k€ you dont wear sleds, airpods, cufflinks and/or bracers. that's my take
What does owning airpods have to do with anything? They're just another pair of Bluetooth headphones...
I personally from a semi-target with 3.8+ GPA. The recruiting situation here is, if you are non-minority, non-diversity, getting hired by any MM/foreign bank is considered success. (MUFG, Nomura, Mizuho, SMBC, Daiwa, you name it.)
The population is disproportionately represented. There is no way anyone can easily go to BBs. Most of the people are Non-target and Semi-targets, while only target school kids' voice is listened.