Oppenheimer in 2025
Comp/Culture/Best groups/worst groups. I have read a lot of bad things in this thread so wanted to see if it had gotten better over the years
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I'm sorry, but it looks like this may be out of my ability to answer... maybe some of the links below might help?
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Avoid at all costs
I left in the past ~year, based in NY.
Comp: Base is lower (heard that's changed) but bonus is higher so my total compensation was always slightly above street average. Slightly higher than competitors in the MM. I was always pretty pleased with my compensation.
Culture: Mixed bag. Some groups like FIG, M&A, ECM are great and they get along well. More "fratty" culture. Heard some groups like Consumer and Tech are not great. Heard especially bad things about culture from Tech SF.
Best Groups: FIG (deals + culture), M&A (deals + culture), ECM (culture), Healthcare Services (deals), Rental Services (deals). FIG has closed some massive deals recently, and their head was just announced as Head of IB. M&A is like any other M&A team (aka reps). Healthcare Services and Rental Services does a lot of sponsors work and has had some great deals, but not sure what they've closed in the past year that was impressive.
Worst Groups: Healthcare (if you want M&A reps), Tech (culture), Consumer (culture). I've seen deals coming out of these groups, even now, but just heard bad things about culture, especially Tech SF and Consumer NY.
Other Groups: DCM, Public Finance (heard its sweaty ever since they hired UBS's team), London coverage teams, Private Funds team, Healthcare M&A, RX
Do you have an idea of what exits are like from the tech group?
Not sure about tech specifically. I know one went to Providence's growth team. Some in CorpDev it looks like, some VC/GE as expected.
what are exits like from FIG? currently in FIG at another mm and my firm hasn't placed well
Lots of A2As in that group. Lots of IB lifers. I've seen some guys go to your typical MM shop but a lot of them have left for BBs/EBs.
What makes the ECM culture good, and what is the team like here?
What about Real Estate?
Within FIG
Any intel on their new CEE coverage team?
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