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If you’re a frat boy type (bonus if conservative) you’ll love it. If you’re a woman you likely will not. They make an impressive effort to make sure the women at the firm are in BD or secretaries. They now hired 2-3 female associates. One of them left after a year - shocking.

 

Another firm that is lucky that PE funds take 10+ years to die. Quirky (in the same way that Monomoy is just a bunch of weirdos who banded together and coined their eccentricity as being a "good culture" firm). Quite harsh on the deal side and still trying to figure out if they want to be NYC or Pittsburgh-based. 

 

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