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A buddy is a current analyst at Wells Fargo SF's TMT group. I can say that they have a great culture. Some of the best people you'll find in finance, and they have good hours. That said, their deal flow is inconsistent, or perhaps consistently weak. When my buddy summered there, he says he pitched for 10 weeks straight and wasn't staffed on any deal. He hasn't gained much experience after he returned for FT either.

Overall, they don't have a very good reputation, at least in tech (their LevFin group is slightly better for example). There are plenty of other boutiques/MMs in the Bay Area with better reputations. But again, while they might not have the smartest people or the best deal flow, everyone seems happy there.

 

Wasn't there some kind of "expensegate" situation with this place? A couple associates started abusing the expense policy and due to WF's previous financial law problems, every person got interrogated when they made any use of the expense policy. A few people got fired and blamed for fraud on FINRA and many people left due to the strict policies and lawyers hounding them.

Can someone elaborate?

Will update my computer soon and leave Incognito so I will disappear forever. How did I achieve Neanderthal by trolling? Some people are after me so need to close account for safety.
 

Are they not still REELING from this to this day? Are lawyers not hounding them for every morsel of dinero under the sun?

How is the culture then now? Heard this event was catastrophic to the group and led to almost definite collapse

Will update my computer soon and leave Incognito so I will disappear forever. How did I achieve Neanderthal by trolling? Some people are after me so need to close account for safety.
 

Bumping this. Does anyone know anything about their TMT group in Charlotte in terms of reputation, culture and comp? Looks like there's a position open / charlotte seems like a pretty attractive place to move nowadays...

 

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