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+199 Why We Should All Return to the Office 68 4y
+7 Ear Piercings for Males in IBD 16 4y
+15 HSBC SA 2022 97 4y
+103 Best Pay/hour worked in Finance 114 4y
+25 FIG, Still Career Purgatory? 9 4y
+409 Should I leave IB for my girlfriend, who I want to marry and have a family with? 108 4y
+3 2021 PJT Bonuses 6 4y
+102 NYC vs. Charlotte Banking 73 4y
+348 What are your thoughts on people with pronouns in their signatures? 83 4y
+28 PNC Capital Markets 14 4y
+141 How’s working in Hong Kong? 81 4y
+3 Top Distribution M&A Groups? 5 4y
+27 Will there be another delay on in-office work w/ the Omicron variant? 46 4y
+28 Are the hours really that bad? 45 4y
+20 Taxes in a DCF 8 4y
+62 How to become a rainmaker analyst? 21 4y
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+14 Seeking Advice: First job in finance. 9 4y
+12 BDA Partners standing in the industry 11 4y
+52 Rothschild $105k An1 base raise rumor 77 4y
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+163 Rothschild = Goldman Sachs of Europe 39 4y
+24 Raymond James 37 4y
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+599 Silly Shit Interns Do 156 4y
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+52 BAML - HireVue Interview Invitation GCIB Summer Analyst 59 4y
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+115 Buying Nice Cars as An Analyst 72 4y
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+36 LevFin vs Restructuring (and creditor vs debtor) 31 4y
+202 What was your *first* deal? 36 4y
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+54 Hair Transplant in IB 44 4y
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+10 Raymond James Washington DC? 2 4y
+6 Delta Partners M&A Thoughts 12 4y
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+39 Evercore Dinged after 1st round phone interview 32 4y
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+14 Best 'Balance-sheet' banks London 12 4y
+18 CLT SA Roommate / Housing Thread 16 4y
+19 Industrials outlook 2020 7 4y
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+26 Highest Paying IB Groups 16 4y
+3 Virtual Insight Series for Freshmen 2 4y
+23 Spanish targets for IB 10 4y
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  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

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  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
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