+56 Fired if WSO leaked 28 3y
+56 What Does the Labor Participation Rate Say About Our Society? 30 14y
+56 Female MD teasing me 36 2y
+56 Buying your own company's stock 35 4y
+56 Extreme Sweaty Hands and Finance? 26 6y
+56 How to care less? 10 3y
+56 LinkedIn Profile Consultant? 12 14y
+56 Where do you guys want to retire? 92 4y
+56 Posthumanism 28 3y
+56 What did you eat for lunch? 62 5y
+56 prestige tier list of Jim Donovan youtube videos 11 2y
+56 Israel, the Middle East and our Defense Industry 38 14y
+56 How to learn golf? 31 4y
+56 Feds Shutdown Megaupload 46 6y
+56 Economics of a 7-11 or a dry clean store 47 5y
+56 4 Lessons Tennis Has Taught Me 30 2y
+56 Anyone else have a messed up family? 18 3y
+56 What makes a good boss? 28 8y
+56 SKYDIVING IS AWESOME!!!! 98 4y
+56 Things to read while pretending to work – Nov. 5, 2015 15 10y
+56 Is my Associate Lying to me? 10 1y
+56 Freudian slip in an interview at the end. Definitely fumbled it. 16 1y
+56 7 Indispensable Rules For Traders 10 13y
+56 Anyone use Ozempic? 71 1y
+56 10 Benefits of Working/Living Abroad, Part 1 42 6y
+56 What do you like from McDonalds? 66 5y
+56 Hilarious Sorority Letter (Not What You Expect) (Updated with Pic) 81 13y
+56 Rejected from Business Frats/ And Social Frats in General 50 6y
+56 Supersonic Airplane - $12k+ ticket for NY to UK in 11mins? 28 6y
+56 Best book? 30 6y
+56 The MLB doesn't market superstars well 33 6y
+56 When all else fails, try the Middle East 31 13y
+56 How to Get Adderall? 27 7y
+56 Roommate went MIA 20 2y
+56 Give up dating for recruiting? 34 5y
+56 what if i hate working altogether 48 4y
+56 In what ways do men experience 'pretty privilege' if any? 43 2y
+56 How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big 17 12y
+56 Interview with Credit Risk Associate (Part 1/2) 23 12y
+56 How Not To Screw Up An Internship 16 12y
+56 Nigerian Prince Email 21 6y
+56 Lessons of a Master of the Universe (MOTU) -Part 1 of 2 57 10y
+56 Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley 116 12y
+56 Rent for 1st year Aso - $5k? 33 3y
+56 WSO Caption Contest - April 25th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt 48 12y
+56 Trevor Bauer = Dodger Career Over 37 4y
+56 Does Facebook make you feel like shit about your life? 74 12y
+56 Racial favoritism on Wall Street 47 12y
+56 Is anyone else like this? 51 12y
+56 Was my ex a red flag? 30 2y
+56 Thoughts on bringing food to interview? 14 1y
+56 Will We Ever See Another Sports Year Like 2016-2017? 28 9y
+56 Best car that is extremely practical - for a new dad 54 5y
+56 Racing Towards Excellence by Muzaffar Khan and Jan Sramek 35 6y
+56 What game are you currently playing right now? 103 2y
+56 Jenkem in the office? 7 3y
+55 GME - Real Time to Short? 97 5y
+55 Braverman Stymied by Paris Protests 30 15y
+55 How's life as a college freshman? 37 4y
+55 NSFW Episode 1: QE2, Housing, Commodities 31 15y
+55 Budget Commission Introduces Bold Plan To Cut Deficit 26 15y
+55 Does LowCaliberTalent have a job?? 27 2y
+55 I fucking hate life 9 3y
+55 Impossible to loose weight with baseline stress? 23 10mo
+55 Highest Paying ESG Careers in Finance? 46 4y
+55 Is it a bad idea not to save anything as a junior? 28 2y
+55 Does anyone in finance field have a really good taste of music, like Heavy Metal or Extreme Metal? 69 6y
+55 Paying attention to Plumbing 19 3y
+55 Youtuber Exit opps 19 7y
+55 Black History Month 46 3y
+55 Car appropriate for senior associate/1st-yr-VP 106 5y
+55 It's so easy to get into HYPSM 82 4y
+55 are ppl fake in the corporate world just as they are on LinkedIn 13 6y
+55 Chronically Second Place, any advice? 33 5y
+55 Happiness for WSO 37 4y
+55 Post grad struggle 20 2y
+55 Drugs in Banking 30 4y
+55 Alternative careers - Good alternatives to banking? 112 4y
+55 Bonus Bananas November 22, 2013 50 12y
+55 How do you keep up reading? 38 3y
+55 Is Russel Wilson Worth His $140 Million Contract Extension? 26 6y
+55 Any late bloomers on here? What did you realize as you get older? 20 4y
+55 Dark Mode for WSO? 11 5y
+55 what do you guys do when you are not able to sleep? 40 5y
+55 I hate LinkedIn 41 2y
+55 Deleted 28 3y
+55 Things to do in the Bay Area 35 6y
+55 I Finally Quit Facebook 46 12y
+55 What Happened to Flight 370? 29 12y
+55 How many credit cards do you own? 43 5y
+55 Lateral to McDonalds? 9 3y
+55 How I Spent My Summer Vacation 25 12y
+55 Are there any good casual games with low spec requirements? 66 4y
+55 How do you actually get your foot in the door when networking? 14 4y
+55 College & Social Life 33 12y
+55 Funniest breakup stories? 20 4y
+55 The Wall Street Oasis Scholarship 8 8y
+55 Pretentious name 34 6y
+55 Nootropics: CILTEP vs. Nexus 26 6y
+55 Girlfriend in person on West Coast (not SF/LA). I’m virtual (East Coast). Should I join her? 38 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (53) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (15) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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