Which EBs have the nicest offices and perks?

Bored during quarantine so thought we could get a light discussion started on which EB has the nicest physical presence.

List the EB, office location and office perks (number of floors, open space, cafeteria, free snacks, gym in building, etc.). I'm at a BB in NYC, whose offices are old and in need of some TLC, so seeing who all have it better haha

 

Not an EB as a whole, but the group is top tier. I've heard HL RX gets $70 a day for meals so they can split that between lunch and dinner

 

HL FRG gets $85 in NY for the day, not 70. Pretty sure this spans across all locations - but only for rx and not M&A

 

Do you happen to know which floors of the GM building PWP occupies?

 

As a former analyst, can confirm! 64 is the client floor and banking groups have a few floors directly below with an interconnecting staircase. North side overlooks Central Park and south side has great views of the city

 

Sounds like you're overdoing it a bit there. One of those should be able to get you through the night.

 

Moelis office in NY is getting completely redone, and they’re adding another floor with staircase. A friend who works there said he saw a mockup and it’s supposed to be very swanky with emphasis on natural light / plants and shit. Apparently it’s currently pretty meh with very little natural light. Can confirm PJT office is very nice with lots of white marble all around - bullpen is standard

 

Jefferies just moved into a totally new space in the same building they were in before. It's certainly the nicest: tan stone, glass, interconnecting staircase...feels like a high-end spa

 

Nice to be in a soothing environment when you're getting reamed at 4am

 

I was wondering about this, so in a corporate real estate building, each floor can be done up completely different from the one below them?

I always thought that all the floor in the same building would have a similar type of layout. How vastly different are the Jefferies' new floors compared to old?

 

Can confirm TPH has a bad ass office. Client floors are nice and bullpen is pretty well done also. Not to mention a fully stocked pantry.

CS has an awesome view from one of the highest floors (can’t remember which building). BAML was nice but didn’t blow me away. I believe Moelis just moved offices or had a big renovation done or something.

 

The public parts of 1585 are gorgeous but the bullpens are pretty gross

 

not an EB but the Apollo NYC office has the nicest view. kinda stuffy office setting imo like Blackstone, but that Central Park South overview is just beautiful

 

PJT in London have some new interior office space being developed in the same building as HL which is just stunning

 

Recruited all over the street and saw a fair amount of offices (in MBA you go to the offices for coffee chats).

The best office:

PJ Solomon.

I'm telling you it's got PJT style marble and glass, but overlooks central park so you have these stunning conference rooms. Lazard defiantly has the best views of both north and south, but their offices are a bit 1970s - PJS has floor to ceiling glass and you can see all the way to the reservoir.

Went to probably every BB and most EBs, so can comment on specifics if anyone is wondering.

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Well, all banks sort of start to look the same from the inside, especially the BBs.

  • MS does have a nice cafeteria and the floor where the Associate Pool sits is a lot of fun, although you need to work in Times Square, so call that a push.

  • JPM is funny, I remember asking "why are there all these framed photos of ships?" and no one knew. They just kind of accepted it as some weird design choice made decades ago.

  • BarCap - about as standard an office as you can get, a bit north of times square so not as bad but Midtown west kinda sucks in general, in my opinion.

    • Credit Suisse - Amazing location, especially when it is warm out. It would also be dope to be able to live in the villages and walk to work. Upstairs...same thing as everyone lol.
  • Citi - interesting location, but a pain to get to if you don't live in WV or Tribeca. They did just finish a really nice renovation and have unreal views of the Hudson. Also have a nice grassy area out front.
  • Guggenheim - they HAD really nice views and a standard office set up but 1 Vanderbilt is slowly cutting off those views as it gets built.
  • Moelis - old school law firm feel.
  • Evercore - Midtown east, standard office layout, nothing super remarkable one way or the other.
  • Lazard - Stunning Views...just stunning. There is also the mall in Rock center to go get Blue Bottle, but getting in and out of rock center kinda sucks, similar to Times Square.
  • GS - Have the nice sky deck lounge area and great views of the harbor. Have a little convenience store and starbucks downstairs.
  • PJT - been talked about, they have a deck too which is nice.
  • GHL - Midtown East, have a deck, standard office layout
  • BAML/DB - Elected not to recruit for these two, though I should have cuz DB's invite only event was at Manhatta.

Would rather not pick favorites cuz again, at 3 AM all these look the same lmao

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That's correct, not sure if/when they'll regain access. My buddy there said losing access was brutal

 

+1 on Blair, great office.

Not IBD but GTCR’s office is one of the nicest I’ve ever seen.

 

KKR Menlo Park is great. It's like an old school country club with a gourmet dining hall and smoothies delivered to your desk.

 

The better perks an office has, the longer you are expected to stay in the office.

 

Based on experience and discussions with peers in Chicago:

Lazard, GTCR, and Moelis are in a beautiful building off of LaSalle. Moelis has a gorgeous view of the neighborhoods and coast north of downtown Chicago. Floor-to-ceiling windows, 40+ stories up.

BAML and BMO are both moving into new buildings over the next several years. I haven't seen plans for these buildings, but I am confident that they will be nice.

As others have mentioned, Blair's building affords insane views of the bend in the river. The lobby in their building is beautiful as well. Linden and PWP are also tenants in this same building. Baird, while in one of the older buildings in downtown Chicago, has completed renovation of their workspace--quite nice. JPM, CS, Barclays, and Citi are your run-of-the-mill offices.

Has anyone in Chicago heard of Pritzker's, Thoma's, Citadel's, and MDP's set-ups?

 
 

KKR NY is pretty dope with the art work and view of Central Park

 

Half the firms are in 1999, which overall is a decent building (bit of a weird layout though).

PWP’s in Century Park towers which is a much nicer building (far more amenities, larger, nice park area). Their old offices were a bit on the small side but they just moved into their new office on a higher floor and while I haven’t been, I’ve heard it’s insane.

 

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