M&A v good, hours will depend what you are working on, exits very good you should get looks from most top places. media comms also very good but you will get absolutely worked. culture in M&A is alright, not sure about m&c, citi not exactly a culture bank. source is my friends 

Second this. Citi is a good M&A stint. Although it's a bit eurobanker culture in London at times (pretty dull and lacking is good banter and chat). But that's most M&A groups in London sadly.

Tech & Media M&A - London
 

M&A and Industrials have had strong exits recently (considering the environment). Hours range across verticals but are mediocre on average. Culture used to be solidly good but a lot of the cool people left the past 1-2 years (especially Industrials).

*Edit to be clear: only talking about culture in M&A/Industrials in NY - can’t say with certainty on other groups and have anecdotally heard bad things about a few.

 

Power Group has a great rep on the street. Analysts get worked. Heard that most of the second year analysts have already left. 

M&A and Industrials are solid groups. Hours depend on staffing. 

People in Sponsors are chill and normal. 

 

M&A / Industrials probably best for exits but hours can be long. Comms hours are probably the worst at the bank, I'd avoid.

Sponsors and Healthcare both have a lot of great people, hours probably are below average to average for Citi.

With exits I'd keep in mind that there is a self-selection bias with groups. The average profile (GPA, undergrad, etc.) is definitely a lot stronger in M&A and industrials, so a lot of those analysts would likely exit well regardless of their group. 

 

Top are Industrials & M&A

Weakest groups are Healthcare and C&R

 

Citi software IBD (within their tech team) sent guys to silverlake/vista/thoma/tpg/taassociates. They just started splitting subsectors within tech two years ago and has looked really good for those that can get a spot in there

 

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