William Blair HC insights
Any insights on HC group in London?
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Don’t do it. I have seen the rise and fall of it. People are miserable and sad in the HC group. A few people get all the best deals and others are not having fun. Most people get burnt out on really shit zombie deals that will never finish. If you are an analyst you work until 3, 4 am easy. There are so many bad deals it’s laughable.
Head of healthcare is a narcissist who doesn’t care about anyone but himself and the senior team is really toxic and there’s a turf war going daily underneath the surface, people fight for resources. No one is happy - these guys don’t have a lot of options as the senior guys are all partners. Just don’t do it, save yourself.
Is this true for Chicago?
This is for London. Does not really apply to Chicago since it’s a much bigger group there. Only word of warning for Chicago is make sure you find the right group within HC as not all are created equal. If you are doing HCIT or HC services you will likely be better off than other sub groups. In some groups you will be stuck doing followon equity deals or in other groups - terrible, terrible intro books for absolutely nothing. Again cannot comment on hours or culture simply commenting on deal flow and opportunities
I have nothing against William Blair and anyone who is a new to the industry would be lucky to be trained there. Will it suck? Yes. Will you learn a lot? Yes. Will it be soul-crushing? Probably. Is it worse than other places? Probably not.
But avoid London if you can. :)
Sorry to hear your experience was terrible.
But WB in general was terrible. They fired a few classes in London over COVID.
HR also loved putting everyone that was not "average" on a PIP lol.
Good place to start / good brand but GTFO asap unless you love datarooms.
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