What Perks Do You Guys Get in your IBD Jobs?

I'm finishing up my summer analyst stint in IBD at my BB bank and I was talking to some of my friends about their summers at their firms and the perks that we'll get as analysts.

My friend told me that at Houlihan Lokey they get Unlimited Metro Card for the mornings, Lunch, Dinner, Phone Bill Paid For, Gym Subsidy, and Cars Home at night. Apparently their meal expense limits is really high too like $40 or something around that. Is this true? Cause that just sounds crazy and I never heard of any IBD shop offering this many perks/benefits.

We don't get anything even close to that at my BB so it seems unfair that they would get all of this.

What kind of perks do you guys get at your IBD shops?

 
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There are no such thing as perks in investment banking. If you call cabs home at 3am, sad soggy in-office seamless meals, and a metro card "perks" then you should reevaluate things

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Man these are some depressing perks.

At Zenefits, we had hella perks. Unlimited PTO. They rented out the entire AMC theatre for premier of Star Wars. Weekly company paid happy hours (up to $100) per person. We had a nap room for if you just wanted to take a nap. Kegs. The most bad ass free food kitchen ever.

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UTDFinanceGuy:

Man these are some depressing perks.

At Zenefits, we had hella perks.
Unlimited PTO.
They rented out the entire AMC theatre for premier of Star Wars.
Weekly company paid happy hours (up to $100) per person.
We had a nap room for if you just wanted to take a nap.
Kegs.
The most bad ass free food kitchen ever.

Did your perks include condoms in the stairwells as reported by Bloomberg?
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That was in SF. We have a no Latex policy in our office. So we just pulled out. Just like all the investors wish they could.

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