Lazard Middle Market - Sweatiest of Shops

Any info on LMM Chicago office?

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.

Np, just lateral to Moelis LA 

i had someone reach out to join this group. I mentioned it has the lazard name so I wasn't too excited to join a known sweatshop.  "Oh dont worry, its lazard middle market, they have more sensible midwest values...definitely a stronger WLB"

I didnt believe them.  dropped out

If you’re the sole analyst I feel like you could have some leverage to push back, no?

This is awful...shame on Laz MM and all those who enable this...

Damn

Piper's a sweatshop? News to me, but I work for a legacy Sandler O'Neil FIG group for them.

We need a post like this (and like the OG Piper post which was pure gold) for BB, i.e. for JPM 

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. 

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