+36 I am tired 17 10mo
+36 Aeris Partners? Anyone heard of this place? 27 11mo
+36 Don't know what I want to do; got my bonus and need to dip ASAP 3 11mo
+35 Does BofA still pay its associates rat pellets? 18 1w
+35 Full-time lateral advice 13 4w
+35 Does making it in IB mean killing your personality? 11 1mo
+35 Thoughts on PEI Global Partners? 11 2w
+35 How to Prep for Advanced Investment Banking Technical Interviews 9 2mo
+35 CIBC Departures & Process 10 1mo
+35 Emory College vs Georgia Tech Scheller vs UNC Kenan-Flagler (Assured Admit) vs Middlebury College 30 3mo
+35 NESCAC recruited athlete - good for finance? 38 1w
+35 How Is Recruiting for Chicago IB from HYP? 13 4mo
+35 Wells Fargo FIG 10 4mo
+35 MS Layoffs? 29 5mo
+35 Del 18 5mo
+35 Did banking change your relationship with money? 15 6mo
+35 How many chats total vs. quality chats did you have by the time you landed you offer? 16 7mo
+35 BofA Assholes? 22 8mo
+35 When to stop recruiting 24 8mo
+35 What makes you the most proud? 37 8mo
+35 IB —> French Foreign Legion 9 9mo
+35 What has actually changed early-stage recruitment in high finance the most (UK)? 12 9mo
+35 MV: Overlooked at Barclays, crowned at UBS 13 10mo
+35 Investment Banking VP Recruiting Process / Timeline 11 10mo
+35 CIM Length - what is too long? 23 11mo
+34 MM bottom bucket bonus 11 1mo
+34 Are search funds just wage-c**k factories? 11 2mo
+34 What Australian/International uni option would be best for me? 13 2mo
+34 Guggenheim best Houston bank 12 3mo
+34 The Hidden Parts of the Job 13 3mo
+34 Is My Boy Cooked? 10 4mo
+34 REAL EB RANKINGS 12 4mo
+34 Piper Sandler Reputation, Best Groups, Exit Opps, etc. (NYC in particular) 6 4mo
+34 NYU Stern vs UChicago for IB 29 5mo
+34 INSANE GOLDMAN Superday Question MEGATHREAD 13 5mo
+34 RX Groups I Think Have the Most Aura 20 3mo
+34 [2026] IB Hours Ranking 27 3mo
+34 Doomscrolling on the Desk 3 6mo
+34 Need Big Brother/Career Life advice 10 7mo
+34 UK FT MBB vs MM IB 15 8mo
+34 Rising Banks in 2025 38 7mo
+34 How to Navigate Comp Discussions ahead of EOY 7 9mo
+34 [UK] Bad A levels BUT target uni - Can I get spring weeks/internships? 22 10mo
+34 Best groups for Power/Energy/Utilities/Infra. 32 7mo
+33 One year since I didn't get a return - advice 1 2h
+33 PWP vs BofA 23 1mo
+33 Investment Banking in Mexico 9 1mo
+33 UVA McIntire vs Cornell Dyson for IB 23 1mo
+33 PWP Layoffs????? 18 2mo
+33 UCLA Biz Econ 2026 11 4mo
+33 Crying everyday because of multiple staffings 30 4mo
+33 Ivey x Queens commerce? 18 4mo
+33 Newly Admitted Student - IB at Vanderbilt? 11 5mo
+33 Chicago banking scene 18 6mo
+33 Morgan Stanley SA 27 159 5mo
+33 Corporate Banking Tier List (2025) 32 3mo
+33 SF Nightlife Recs 18 8mo
+33 Finance Jobs for Averagely Smart People? 26 8mo
+33 Career Crossroads: Leaving Banking for Asset Management 9 9mo
+33 Goldman Sachs IB Summer Analyst GPA Discrepency 21 2mo
+33 IB Analyst > Corp Dev Associate (Early Exit) - Worth It? 12 10mo
+33 how hard are rx technicals/what to focus on 17 10mo
+32 The Impossible Triangle: Speed, Quality, and Managing Directors 9 1mo
+32 Hours from Analyst to Associate 17 1mo
+32 Side hustles + investing put me ahead pre-IB… does this materially change my career path? 11 1mo
+32 tph bootcamp 2026 76 1mo
+32 IB/PE Unbiased Rankings 2026 8 3mo
+32 UBS & Jeffries hate 15 5d
+32 Drinking On The Job? 7 4mo
+32 Rapid deterioration in health 12 4mo
+32 Superday with 7 people at once 8 5mo
+32 Books to read 14 4mo
+32 Lateral recruiting 7 5mo
+32 UNC IB Recruiting 28 5mo
+32 [2026] IB Compensation Rankings 19 5mo
+32 Best of: Egregious EBITDA addbacks 10 2mo
+32 Is TMU the next Super Target? 11 6mo
+32 Has AI made anyone else's work life worse? 14 6mo
+32 I’m Graduating in May 26’ and don’t have a job yet. How cooked am I? 20 7mo
+32 "Backdoors" into IB 21 6mo
+32 Do bankers check resumes before networking calls? 20 7mo
+32 Most Recognizable Names In the Restructuring / Special Situations Space 21 2mo
+32 HL RX SA27 Thread 38 6mo
+32 JEFF SF TMT 10 4mo
+32 Senior Year - What to do? 5 8mo
+32 My Associate will be the reason I quit 20 1d
+32 Torn Between JPMorgan & Bank of America Offers — Need Advice 17 3mo
+32 Clarity on Moelis 11 9mo
+32 Greenhill comeback? 12 10mo
+32 Del 33 10mo
+32 Morgan Stanley HV - off-cycle 2026 116 8mo
+32 BofA off-cycle 2026 - London 239 2mo
+32 London SA return offer rates 52 9mo
+32 UK FT Recruiting Thread 121 5mo
+31 Summer before college 25 1mo
+31 West Coast Tech IB Exits? 20 2mo
+31 How is ICADE (E-3) perceived for London IB (Bulge Bracket/Elite Boutiques)? 17 2mo
+31 Correcting Summer analysts... 15 3mo
+31 Is there any Merit behind Prestige in recruiting? 6 3mo
+31 How bad is RX really? 21 3mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (47) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (74) $101
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