+30 Most Desirable Buyside Seats in London/Continental Europe 17 1h
+7 Boston PE - top firms 7 1h
0 Analyst 2027 salary/bonus 3 2h
+3 Warburg Analyst Program - London 6 13h
+30 Main Capital Partners? 21 1d
+69 Secondaries Career Outlook: Comp, Exits & Long-Term Upside? 33 1d
+54 Red Flag PE Firms In LA 61 1d
+143 What’s “the path” now? 56 1d
+29 Golden gate vs Charlesbank 29 1d
+9 How are your PE firms holding up? 1 2d
+2 On-cycle recruiting 2027 1 2d
+79 PE Bro Accepted to GSB/HBS/Wharton - Q&A 79 2d
+56 2026 PE Associate Bonus Thread 71 2d
+9 Growth Equity Compensation - All Levels 1 5d
+6 OMERS Infra 11 1w
+93 Working for Free in PE 17 1w
+55 Where are the high paying roles? Are they real? 37 1w
+39 D1, Altimeter, Dragoneer, Addition (privates) 37 1w
+20 PE Associate Comp Benchmarking 36 2w
+1 hbs vs gsb 4 2w
+2 Where will I get paid the most? 3 2w
+87 Motive Partners 29 2w
+12 Post-Banking Seats 7 2w
+6 PE (Post MBA) Role 3 2w
+106 Overall PE Vibe Check 84 2w
0 Thoughts on InfraRed in NYC 1 2w
+15 FitzWalter Capital - Any Info? 17 3w
+35 Return Full-Time to EB vs. Lindsay Goldberg FT Analyst 18 3w
+2 AltamarCAM Partners - Secondaries? 3 3w
+33 SWF (GIC, Temasek, Mubadala) in NY 33 4w
+126 Bank not transferring me to NYC 48 1mo
+25 Siris Capital Group - culture/rep? 19 1mo
+6 Renovus Capital partners 6 1mo
+10 One Rock Capital / Analyst program? 7 1mo
+64 One Rock Capital - Thoughts? 69 1mo
+77 Interesting Scenario: Discord Strategic Finance Offer, or Keep Trying PE? 27 1mo
+120 Mid Level Career Freeze 39 1mo
0 2027 growth equity PE Recruiting 3 1mo
+1 JD/MBA Placement Directly into PE 4 1mo
0 On Cycle 2028 megathread 4 1mo
+8 Senior Associate — Lateral Again Within a Year? 2 1mo
+148 We were lied to 78 1mo
+15 Realistic path to Capital Solutions/Spec Sits Groups from LevFin at a BB? 7 1mo
+3 SF IB to NYC PE On-Cycle 1 1mo
+33 Best industry/job for entrepreneurship? 11 1mo
+141 Annual HBS vs Wharton Debate 49 1mo
+48 MBA for PE in US? Am I being to naive? 21 1mo
+6 Share/Split PE prep resources 5 1mo
0 printing and binding svcs in nyc 2 1mo
+3,196 8 years old with no finance experience, too late to get into PE? 115 1mo
+21 Onex Partners 15 1mo
0 Flight Time for Superday 1 1mo
+174 Q&A: Returning to PE After a Year and a Half at a Series C Startup 50 2mo
+6 NYC office of European PE perks and benefits 6 2mo
+9 Long Ridge Equity Partners SA 2027 — Round 2 Process? 3 2mo
+24 Athos Partners Overview - Overpromise and underdeliver 11 2mo
+9 Off cycle PE Offer Process Timeline 9 2mo
+9 Best way to meet ppl as a PE Associate in NYC 4 2mo
+5 Five Arrows NYC 10 2mo
+95 Pivoting from PE 41 2mo
0 Yucaipa Companies 1 2mo
+2 Anyone know if any Boston buyout funds are still looking to fill seats for Summer 2026 / immediate start? 3 2mo
0 PF to Infra/Transport PE 1 2mo
+56 Corp Dev / Strategic Finance All-In Comp (Dec-25) 100 2mo
+6 On-cycle as Second-year Analyst 7 2mo
+3 Experience with KKR Capstone? 4 2mo
+5 Thoughts on Ascend Partners 4 2mo
0 Flexstone Partners NYC - Work Life Balance 0 2mo
+12 NY LMM PE Recruiting 3 2mo
0 PE Associate in NYC -> London 1 2mo
+39 Why is ROIC never really a topic when looking at companies IRL 9 2mo
+9 FP&A at PE-backed firm to Private Credit: Realistic? 1 2mo
+15 Sovereign, Endowment, Family Office PE Comp 4 2mo
+24 Graham Partners Overview 22 2mo
0 Updates on Cinven NY 2026? 0 3mo
+4 CVC PE New York updated thoughts 8 3mo
+3 Warburg Pincus Catalyst Program 6 3mo
+7 List of NAV Lending Funds 12 3mo
0 Cornell Capital Update View 2026 0 3mo
+7 THL Overview 9 3mo
+135 Mid-level comp and net worth check 110 3mo
+8 GIC Special Opportunities 6 3mo
+30 US MBA to Singapore PE: Better to do IB in Singapore or NY/London first? How important is bank brand/presence in SEA? 10 3mo
+19 BX NY perks 23 3mo
+7 Need PE FT 27 Recruitment Advice 7 3mo
+493 What we can learn from all these "depressed and burnt out" posts re: IB and PE 91 3mo
+87 Anyone else feel like the people they work with just aren’t that smart? 19 3mo
+318 2025 Year-End Net Worth Check-In 292 3mo
+32 2.9 GPA -> NYC EB -> UMM PE 21 3mo
+2 GPA & Major for PE 4 3mo
0 None 0 3mo
+42 18 Months IB in London trying to move to PE 8 3mo
+14 London Headhunters and Client Coverage (2024) 32 3mo
+70 Reflection of My Time at Graham Healthcare Capital 17 3mo
+13 Genuinely curious why people don't just cold-outreach the boutique Strategy Consulting or IB or LMM PE/VC firms for internships 4 3mo
+65 What I Learned From Recruiting for SA 27 3 3mo
+12 Insights on BCI 10 3mo
+46 Career dilemma >> LDN MM PE > NYC: Lateral here or MBA? 29 3mo
+17 Morgan Stanley AIP in 2022? 17 3mo
+10 LMM Principal Comp Benchmarking 16 3mo

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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