Strange Environment - Anonymous employee Jefferies Employee Review

2.0
Aug 25, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Probably get more modeling experience than you would at other banks. Nothing else I can think of at this time.

Cons

Cold environment - people don't say hello or even acknowledge each others' presence. Disorganized managers create unnecessary work and constant fire drills. Senior bankers act like independent contractors - no sense of team cohesiveness and in many cases they don't even know the juniors' names

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