Would you rather work at a solid middle market or a top boutique?
Would you rather work at a solid middle market (Harris William, Piper, William Blair, Baird) or a top boutique (Lazard, Evercore, Moelis)
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Bro people at top boutiques are always working 85+ hour weeks. Middle markets often work much less lol
I am working at a premier boutique. What is the middle market compensation usually like? Is it less?
It'll be less yah but, if banking is your long term goal I'd say move to MM becuase people just cant do EB hours/stress forever. So what you lose in comp, which imo is negligible anyway because at the end of the day it's still am IB salary, you make up for in mental health and happiness
My MM is above street comp and above street hours. Not always as simple as MM meaning lower
Is this NYC?
I work for a typical MM bank (Blair, Piper, Oppenheimer, RJ, etc). Hours wise, I would say similar to a BB. Comp wise, seems like I was above most BBs but below the boutiques. This is for the 2 years I was an analyst.
Let me guess, prob opco or blair
Have yet to meet one happy analyst who works at a boutique lol
If you're taking a top boutique over a mm you're an absolute coward, i genuinely think analysts at EVR/PJT/CVP are more risk averse pansies than those that choose to stay in academia
How does that make you a coward
Brother what
MM firms are underrated take for example Natixis, Societe General, Credit Agricole all great firms with amazing pay, culture, and work life balance
Agreed SocGen NYC even has 2days a week WFH
These aren’t middle market firms bud
Will have to agree that MM has better lifestyle. I typically work under 65 hours per week as an analyst and rarely work past midnight on a consistent basis, usually wrap up by 8-10pm on most nights. My friends at EBs often work past 2am
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