0 PE exits from BB coverage 1 1mo
+14 Am I Allowed to Interview? 5 4w
0 Mining PE Comp 3 1w
0 Underrated Buyside Careers? 2 2d
+8 Quitting PE 13 1mo
+11 Minimum Track Record to Stay in Partner Seat 3 1mo
0 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 1mo
0 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors - Review - NA Data 1mo
0 APAC credit headhunters 1 1mo
+6 Is Distressed PE more heavily quantitative or qualitative? 8 3w
+6 Mega Fund IR Career Trajectory 3 1mo
+45 How to stay at the top of this game for life 19 4w
+42 18 Months IB in London trying to move to PE 8 1mo
0 LLR Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 1mo
0 US Department of Defense - Review - Generalist Data 1mo
+6 PE FT recruiting 7 1mo
0 PE Behavioral Prep Resources 2 1mo
+13 How to Know What “Type” of Fund to Target? 5 3w
+9 On-Cycle 2028 Start Date 8 1mo
0 How to break into Private Equity/ Private Credit in Chicago? 3 1mo
+1 Engaging with HHs even if you don’t know what you want? 1 1mo
+8 Private Credit Base Suggestions 4 1w
+36 Advice Needed: Reneging 2 Months Before PE Start 10 1mo
0 Summer Internship accommodation London? 3 1mo
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1mo
+2 MBB to PE asia - Any insights? 3 1d
+37 Advice Needed: Reneging 2 Months Before Start 12 1mo
+15 How many vintages of underperformance can be tolerated? 8 1mo
+65 What I Learned From Recruiting for SA 27 3 1mo
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 1mo
+15 Non-target student trying to break into PE — realistic path? 4 4w
+6 LMM Pay Scale 13 2w
0 Life in secondaries investing? 2 1mo
+13 Peak Frameworks PE Course 6 4w
0 Dallas Private Equity 1 1mo
+8 Reneging offer to Software Growth / PE? 12 1w
+3 Private Equity Primaries 3 2w
+1 Oncycle 2028 1 1mo
0 Recent thoughts on Blackstone Tactical Opportunities? 2 1mo
+3 What is going on at GIP these days? 1 1mo
0 How to prepare for 30 minute case interviews? 1 1mo
+10 Got advice saying I should join PE right out of undergrad because I'm an asset to them - thoughts? 2 1mo
0 delete 1 1mo
0 delete 1 1mo
0 Looking for PE/HF Boyfriend (Serious Inquiries Only) 1 1mo
0 Relative owns a pe firm 1 1mo
+38 UMM Off Cycle Help 20 1mo
+1 Choosing between PE or PC exit 3 1mo
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1mo
0 Temasek - Interview - Generalist Data 1mo
0 Blueprint Equity - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1mo
0 Blueprint Equity - Review - Generalist Data 1mo
+20 Career Dilemma...to PE or not to PE 6 1mo
0 The importance of sophomore internship for MF PE 3 1mo
0 Princeton Equity Group 1 1mo
+47 Got caught with a wrong number in an IC meeting because I trusted AI output. 13 1mo
+7 What PE exits exist at 1 and 2 year associate at UMM/MM firm? 3 1mo
+6 Permira Case Study Helppp 6 4w
+33 Hiring for outbound sourcing? 7 1mo
+9 Secondaries Advisory Model Test 3 4d
0 Orix PE LDN 0 1mo
+14 H.I.G. VP/Principal Comp 14 1mo
+12 Never included in emails 4 1mo
+24 Canadian PE Comp Thread 2026 28 1mo
0 Capri Capital Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 1mo
+1 How many times can you get rejected within one PE HH? 1 1mo
0 BX Bonus Clawback 3 1mo
+5 Lateraling as an Assoc with no platform experience? 8 1mo
+13 Best Laptop for PE Investor + Running AI Tools Locally 6 1mo
0 stepstone pe toronto 1 1mo
+43 First-Time PE Fund 20 1w
+86 PE back to IB… 32 2w
+1 Access Holdings? 2 1mo
0 Tikehau Capital - Review - Generalist Data 1mo
0 Tikehau Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1mo
+15 Term-Time Internship. To Do or Not To Do? 7 1mo
0 Starting PE Job in 1 Month, Looking for Material 2 1mo
0 Fiber Infra Model 1 1mo
+9 Exiting Real Estate After Summer Analyst Position / FTR 2 1mo
0 International PE Recruiting 1 1mo
+12 Re-opened position HR first round, didn't hear back within a week 4 1mo
+12 Rotunda Capital? Thoughts? 7 1mo
+24 Incoming Assoc Advice 5 1mo
0 Finding time to interview/prep while in IB 1 1mo
0 MF ABF Credit Comp 1 1mo
+3 Whats the most complex stuff included in associate modelling test? 1 1mo
+11 Ended Up in Client Group - Still Want Infrastructure Investing. Need Honest Advice. 3 1mo
+46 Career dilemma >> LDN MM PE > NYC: Lateral here or MBA? 29 1mo
0 Shame on This Industry 1 1mo
+9 The Sobrato Organization - SF family office? 0 1mo
0 VetCare Canada Inc - Review - Healthcare Data 1mo
+10 Waterland fundraising 7 1mo
0 The Riverside Company 1 1mo
+3 Thoma Bravo $5.1bn write-off 1 1mo
+9 Sophomore Summer: How much weight does Hudson Advisors (Lone Star) carry for recruiting? 1 1mo
+45 Deteriorating Associate Quality? 18 1mo
0 China International Capital Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 1mo
0 China International Capital Corporation - Review - Investments Data 1mo
+11 Pushed out as PE VP 3 1mo
+20 Dreadful PE Processes in Europe ... how do you get through this? 4 1mo

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

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  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
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