Reputation of New mountain capital
Wondering if anyone had any info on the rep of New Mountain Capital. Also particularly interested in the Work life balance and how sweaty of a shop it is.
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Have heard good things as well. My impression is they work pretty significant hours (not sweatshop status, but not a cakewalk either) but have a good crop of smart, genuine people. Also have strong returns (recently had PE Hub deal of the year) and great B School placement. All in all would definitely take an offer from New Mountain.
Based on what I've heard from friends/firm alumni I would say you should expect 70-80 with a fair amount of weekend work, but I don't think you'll be grinding many weeks past 90. Which, honestly, if you're looking at PE from consulting is maybe a tad high on hours but nothing like Apollo or even H&F (for a more consultant-friendly comparison).
If you want to do UMM PE, you have to accept that the hours will be pretty long. If you accept that, New Mountain is an incredible offer I would advise you to take. If you don't want long hours, look for some smaller funds that don't have the 'brand name' but may have more friendly work-life balance. Either way - congrats on the offer!