Desks and Firms with the Best Culture

Here's a breather from the usual topics on this forum.

I've been trading on a tier one fixed income flow desk for a while now and I love my team. They're some of the best mentors, teammates, and - frankly - people that I know in the industry.

Are there banks or specific desks at banks that are known for their culture - desks where the traders or salespeople really feel that they can have a long term career there as a function of the people they work with? It seems like a facet of the industry that's altogether missed by some of the students and juniors that peruse through this forum. How did you weigh the people against the product or ranking when you chose your team?

 

I enjoy reading about good cultures because its usually easier to work harder in that environment. I think culture should be a second factor but for the first few years of your career I feel like brand name is much more important. It would suck but I sacrifice good culture for good brand name for two years to get a leg up.

“The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and i am no quite sure that i know that.” Socrates
 

leverage your curent posistion into an in house m&a group at a tech company if u want dem good good hours. Or else prepare to get fukd my bro. My hours are so bad that i get hardly any free time, this has deteriorated my social life, and cuz my social life is bad, my free time sucks, and cuz my free time sucks i look forward and am actually happy to work.

Bad hours is a blessing

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Wow this might be the saddest thing I've ever heard.

I'm making the NYC -> Chicago switch for the sake of my social life. I barely have one in New York because the vast majority of my friends are in the Midwest. I know my hours can't be "good" but I will try to make them better if possible. For instance, practically everyone I talk to in a sponsors group seems to have chill hours. In Chicago, I have heard good things about Baird and GS FIG as well.

 

Best hours are in oil trading. You make bank 8-5 then go home and live your life.

To answer your question, from my research and talking to some people, Simmons is pretty awesome. With that said, we just had a lady join our trading org from an ER position at Simmons, not sure if it was because of the hours but she seems pretty happy here considering she leaves work at 4:30pm every day.

 

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