Does JPM like to promote analysts?

Does JPM like to promote analysts to associates? Do they like to give third-year analyst offers? Or is there a culture to kick analysts out? I am starting as an analyst at JPM and am hope to stay in banking for awhile, and was just wondering what the culture is like in terms of A2A internal promotions.

Is the culture surrounding promotions consistent across the BB's, or does it differ from bank to bank?

 

I don't work for JPM so I can't say definitively. The number of analyst to associate promotes depends on the year and the strength of the analyst class. In general, I'd say JPM is no more and no less willing to promote analysts to associates than other BB banks. During recruiting I didn't meet many more associate promotes than at other banks. Most of the associates were out of bschool.

 
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The answer is yes, JPM as an insitution is generally supportive of A2A promotions throughout all of IBC/M&A.

The one thing I would say is that downturns tend to actually improve A2A ratios, even more so than strong markets. When you look at the associate class of '01/'02/'03 vintage, you typically saw a disproportionate number of A2A versus MBA associates. Some of that has mitigated in the few years as many of those A2As were either let go or went to other firms, but the general trend is consistent (see my much older commentary for my opinion on long-term success for A2A-type bankers).

Why is that? Because in downturns it is politically less difficult to get approval for an A2A promotion (which is looked at as a "retention", rather than generating a "new" slot that an MBA hire entails). You make the case that the A2As are proven commodities, with lower risk than an average MBA hire. They are generally easier to keep as well, given that exit opportunities are more limited in challenging markets.

 

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