+32 Has AI made anyone else's work life worse? IB 14 6mo
+32 Balyasny Catalyst HF 26 4mo
+32 I’m Graduating in May 26’ and don’t have a job yet. How cooked am I? IB 20 6mo
+32 "Backdoors" into IB IB 21 6mo
+32 H.I.G. Capital Comp Check PE 20 6mo
+32 Current Market Outlook INV 8 6mo
+32 Do bankers check resumes before networking calls? IB 20 7mo
+32 St. Gallen (HSG) MBF vs Imperial F&A for non-german speaker BSCH 29 4mo
+32 Most Recognizable Names In the Restructuring / Special Situations Space IB 21 1mo
+32 How much to ask? HF 13 7mo
+32 HL RX SA27 Thread IB 38 5mo
+32 JEFF SF TMT IB 10 3mo
+32 Senior Year - What to do? IB 5 8mo
+32 Torn Between JPMorgan & Bank of America Offers — Need Advice IB 17 3mo
+32 Clarity on Moelis IB 11 9mo
+32 Best MSc Finance for IB London Roles BSCH 11 8mo
+32 Being late to work as 1st year analyst OFF 17 9mo
+32 Greenhill comeback? IB 12 9mo
+32 Is NYC culturally dead? OFF 54 9mo
+32 Del IB 33 10mo
+32 Pivoting MF Dev to Industrial Dev RE 8 10mo
+32 French office is rude OFF 17 10mo
+32 Morgan Stanley HV - off-cycle 2026 IB 116 7mo
+32 BofA off-cycle 2026 - London IB 239 2mo
+32 This app is awful WSO 13 10mo
+32 London SA return offer rates IB 52 9mo
+32 UK FT Recruiting Thread IB 121 5mo
+32 Who's actually the best? PE 25 10mo
+32 How much to coinvest as an Analyst at MF? PE 18 11mo
+32 Working for a REIT vs REPE RE 13 8mo
+32 VP of Acquisitions Incentive Comp (CRE) RE 26 7mo
+32 Del del del del sell buy sell . HF 15 11mo
+31 Stay at Weak Dealflow Team or Lateral? IB 7 17h
+31 [HELP REQUESTED]: Take A2A Promo or Go Corp Dev CF 14 6d
+31 Pres Made 1B Off Pump and Dumps OFF 18 1w
+31 Summer before college IB 25 3w
+31 Worth Joining a Small Hedge Fund? HF 20 2w
+31 Is Stepstone a very prestigious job? CR 12 2w
+31 Are search funds just wage-c**k factories? IB 11 1mo
+31 West Coast Tech IB Exits? IB 20 1mo
+31 How is ICADE (E-3) perceived for London IB (Bulge Bracket/Elite Boutiques)? IB 17 2mo
+31 Drunk at my desk OFF 7 1mo
+31 Correcting Summer analysts... IB 15 2mo
+31 Who is God's Diddy? OFF 13 2mo
+31 A Note on NYU Stern OFF 7 2mo
+31 CFA - Any real value? AM 6 3mo
+31 Is there any Merit behind Prestige in recruiting? IB 6 3mo
+31 How bad is RX really? IB 21 3mo
+31 What is the difference between an undergrad target and super-target uni in the UK for IB? IB 8 3mo
+31 IB —> NASA Exit? Looking for advice IB 7 3mo
+31 Why I’m ditching Vanilla PE for Restructuring (RX) PE 18 3mo
+31 What did you spend your sign-on bonus on ? OFF 17 3mo
+31 Distressed funds with poor reputation HF 31 3mo
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+31 Savills Buying Eastdil for $1.2 Billion RE 24 4mo
+31 Emory Goizeta undergrad is so underrated IB 25 4mo
+31 Poll: After Disastrous 2025, Do You Have Confidence In UBS IB Leadership? IB 10 3mo
+31 Catalyst Identification: Outside in Analysis HF 9 4mo
+31 Harassment at work HF 10 4mo
+31 What Now? IB 10 5mo
+31 Goldman TMT/FIG vs Evercore M&A IB 11 5mo
+31 Interviewed By A Goldman Baddie - Am I Cooked? IB 4 5mo
+31 Deutsche Bank London Culture / Reputation IB 42 1mo
+31 PE Perks 2026 PE 32 2w
+31 Doing well but feel like I am a Fraud Personality Hire, Leave Industry Completely? PE 21 6mo
+31 Moving to a different fund - how tough is it right now? RE 16 5mo
+31 [2031] <ACCURATE> Prestige Rankings ***REAL*** (Respect++) IB 10 4mo
+31 Question on operating leases under US-GAAP IB 9 6mo
+31 Can anyone (urgently) advise on real estate master's for students out of undergrad? RE 15 6mo
+31 Internship in Africa? TR 10 6mo
+31 Continental Europe → London/US REPE RE 12 7mo
+31 King Street Capital - Still a good place to work? HF 23 2mo
+31 HL/PJT RX vs Apollo/Ares/BX (Direct Lending) – London IB 8 8mo
+31 What should we do if our jobs get taken by AI? JOB 22 6mo
+31 Student Athlete Undergraduate at any Ivy League -->Accepted FT Offer in BB Commercial Banking… Any Path to IB/Capital Markets? IB 15 8mo
+31 What’s a Case Study Like for Buy-Side Structured Credit Roles? CR 6 7mo
+31 How do self-made billionaires actually get into “boring” industries like food manufacturing or packaging? OFF 9 5mo
+31 Emory Placement/Transfer Benefit IB 16 8mo
+31 Using AI for value creation? PE 10 1w
+31 Snr Ass(ociate) in PE vs Snr VP in Banking PE 12 1mo
+31 Cross-border M&A 101 - Where to start? IB 6 9mo
+31 AI bubble OFF 32 9mo
+31 Interview Process Feedback RE 7 9mo
+31 BofA 2nd Year Collapses? IB 18 9mo
+31 Laid Off.. Career Decision (NEED ADVICE) PE 17 5mo
+31 Piper Sandler Chemicals is Paradise OFF 1 10mo
+31 (UK) Rising Racial Tension is Impacting my Financial Career Motivations OFF 29 10mo
+31 Fallbacks? TR 4 9mo
+31 2026 Commercial Real Estate Analyst Program - Wells Fargo RE 132 9mo
+31 RE 2026 FT RE 49 8mo
+31 PortCo Management PE 5 5mo
+31 Family Office Internship is Paradise OFF 0 11mo
+31 Anyone else not care about group placement? IB 18 11mo
+31 Bank of Amerigoat is Paradise IB 2 11mo
+31 Etiquette for investing in outside deals? RE 9 11mo
+31 Accidental Innuendo in IB Internship IB 7 11mo
+31 How to level-up: 26 y/o associate at a MFREPE RE 5 12mo
+31 Future of Growth Equity in Europe PE 7 11mo
+31 Joining a startup after analyst years? VC 7 12mo
+30 Thoughts on Intrepid - Houlihan Merger IB 10 2w

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101