Agree, also don't understand why one of them wouldn't want to be the first mover and lay a marker down?

Way better optics for recruiting to jump rather than it seem you've been pushed 

 

Not exactly a comp bank but where Jefferies at? +15k base >>>>>>>> a peloton that I don't have time to use because constantly working

 

Because, in case you haven't noticed, MBA associates are a negative value add. 

 
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MBA associate checking in, and this guy gets it. Yeah my analysts do all of the modeling, ppt, meeting scheduling, comps, etc. but do you know how many footnote and formatting mistakes I catch?

The fact of the matter is that if I didn't respond 'will do' within seconds of receiving an email from my VP, before forwarding to the analyst, who would?

 

If you're complaining that your bank hasn't matched a competitor's increase in base salary, then whatever happiness you experience when your bank finally matches salary will fade 1 second after it's over. 

A little piece of advice: while we wait for the Street to catch up (and they will - for time immemorial they always have, whether it's in the new few weeks, a few months or a year from now), don't impart your internal professional issues on to an exogenous event in the banking industry. You get paid so much already that your satisfaction won't improve. If you don't believe me, ask BAML if the pay bump has changed their lives in any way.

But if you exercise patience and find something else to put your energy into, when your bank matches, it'll be that much better. In the meantime, try to learn something new on the job, catch up on industry news, try improving that relationship with your Associate or VP, or go hit the gym.

 
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110/115 seems like the right number for first year analysts

As a LDN analyst whose total comp was lower than this in first year... this fucking hurts 

 

While extra base bump is nice, I guarantee you that extra ~7k post tax will make no difference in your life in the long run. You should never choose your first banking gig based on pay.

Learning experience, exits, and mentorship are far more important early on in your career and will add much more value than a few extra thousand added to your 6 figure pay check.

In my opinion, if you should never choose Baird, Barclays, etc. over the likes of EVR and Moelis because they raised base pay.

 

About to join one of these banks in a pretty niche group in the IB as a 2nd year... am anticipated to make between 220-240k in my first year with pretty huge bumps every year afterwards. And hours pretty much never go above 70/week.

That's why they aren't all that worried about bumping base 10-15k. From what I can tell its still pretty far ahead of competitors even with the bumps

 

what group? That sounds awesome. Totally fine if u don't mention bank due to anonymity

 

What’s crazy is how greedy people are acting nowadays… complaining about getting paid 180-200k a year (top of street) with 1-2 years of work experience. The audacity to be whining about a lack of pay bumps is absurd.

 

People should be paid what they’re worth, and that’s gone up of late.

You're really calling analysts “greedy,” vs. the managing directors whose pockets the bump would come from?

 

Not really, “buddy.” Even if every other bank gets a pay bump, the EBs will still be top of street and people still find a reason to complain. Also it’s not relative… salary of ~200k out of college is damn near in the top .001% of global earners with that amount of work experience.

 

It is relative. Who tf cares about “global earners” bro. Im not comparing myself to third world inhabitants or the bums in america who went to a shitty/no college

 

That’s the beauty of at-will employment. If you’re unhappy with your top of the market salary and the bonus for your reduced ability to be recognized at a dinner party is now less than $40,000, you can move to any other company you want. But complaining about it on a forum is so soft.

 

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