Thoughts on Citi Corporate Banking (CB) vs Citi Investment Banking (IB)?

Originally, I was recruiting for IB but I kind of fell into CB and have an offer for Citi. I was wondering how do these two divisions compare? I wonder why nobody talks about CB if in general they get the same base pay as IB but they also work fewer hours. Isn't this a better deal?

Also, is it worth taking up the offer and just lateraling to IB after my first year if I don't like CB? How many hours exactly do corporate bankers work and is the work life balance actually good enough to justify being paid less? I heard that in Citi, corporate bankers still work long hours since CB is housed with IB. I don't think I'm going to get any other offers, especially for IB, so please tell me what I should do if I accept my CB offer but what I truly want is IB or possibly even PE later on in my career. Thank you! 

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