Is this hiring environment “normal”?

What I’m asking is, as I’m too young to remember, is this what the hiring market was like pre-COVID? And the hiring spree during COVID was an anomaly and the environment we’re currently navigating is normal

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I’ve also new to the industry but based on my conversation with people who started in banking 6-7 yrs ago, this hiring environment isn’t normal it’s not as bad as 09 but also not great or close to average. Lateral market is almost dead rn, and even people aren’t landing any offers during OCR even for non-IB roles

 

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