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Sorry to hear that brother. As the great philosopher Marshawn Lynch once said "take care of your mentals and take care of yo chickens". Those are words to live by. No job regardless of pay or possible future outlook is worth physical or emotional damage/trauma. Look to lateral, plenty of opportunities. Have several friends at Blair who have manageable lives, get paid well, and aren't being driven to the grave. Stay strong and best of luck.

 

CFR is definitely the worst of the bunch. They've always been understaffed, had tremendous junior turnover and a cult-like culture that is separate from the rest of the bank because of their dedicated analysts, etc. They've got some good bankers, but they aren't people that you ever want to spend time with or socialize with outside of work. This is the type of group that loves to make people do strategic idea decks and other random PPTs for effectively no reason.

I never got the sense Business Services was as bad in terms of work-life balance, though that group has been crushing it lately. 

 

friend who is joining says that CFR is merging with Freres so I wonder whether the situation will improve post-merger & whether Freres bankers will get staffed on MM

 

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