New CFO has disrupted the company - Anonymous employee William Blair Employee Review

4.0
Jul 31, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Market salary, profit sharing-which is being eliminated

Cons

All businesses operate as silos; you won't know anyone outside of your dept. Your experience depends on the quality of your manager. Options like flex time and working remotely vary greatly.

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William Blair Response
8y
Thank you for sharing your feedback. It’s important to us. Regarding profit sharing, we just want to clarify that it is not being eliminated. In fact, we expanded our retirement offer this year with a 401(k) match so employees have more immediate and flexible retirement savings options.

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Pros

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Cons

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William Blair Response
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Thank you for taking the time to post a review, and we wish you the best in your career at William Blair!
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Pros

Great deal flow. Get to work on some interesting deals and you will learn a lot as a new analyst or graduate. Firm has some amazing senior bankers who are really good at what they do. There's room to develop if you really want to do it. But i can't speak for experienced roles / hires.

Cons

Office politics don't matter as much as an analyst but it's certainly there and you'll notice that. Work could be a lot sometimes (benched marked against investment banking standard) and middle mgmt. is pretty weak. And there's no incentives to fix that because it won't affect topline.

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William Blair Response
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Thank you for taking the time to post a review, and we wish you the best in your career at William Blair.
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