Great Development, abysmal life - Investment Banking Associate Jefferies Employee Review

3.0
Jul 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the smartest bankers on the street, tons of deal reps, minimal admin work, nice people, opportunity for fast upward trajectory. Dominates the UMM space, and IMO its not even close. Came out with technical experience far above what most IB analyst / associates have

Cons

my experience through the covid environment was about the most extreme hours you can imagine (often in excess of 120 a week) - this literally meant seeing sunrise multiple times a week for a solid portion of my few years Very hierarchical - often times dont have direct contact with MDs for weeks only for them to discard much of the work that has been done among the lower levels

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