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Was above market (think $350k+ first year associate), but not sure how things have changed over the last year with comp changes. CD&R diligence is very intense and they have a pretty work-heavy IC process where IC decks are commonly pushing 100+ slides. Think they double staff associates though (maybe only on deals progressing to second round, not sure)

 

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