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      Jefferies

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      Jefferies reviews

      3.9

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (1,281 total reviews)
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      Richard B. Handler

      83% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      Jefferies has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,281 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jefferies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      1K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 5, 2023

      Great Development, abysmal life

      Investment banking associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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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

      2.0
      Nov 22, 2022

      Technology organization is poorly run, with lack of focus or strategy

      Vice president - technology
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Free lunch at the cafe. Remote working possibilities, although remote being increasingly discouraged. Reasonable expectations of work hours, work load.

      Cons

      Jefferies tells all their recruits about how being smaller than the bulge bracket firms allows Jefferies to be more nimble with less bureaucracy and less politics. This is completely false. The politics, bureaucracy, and lethargy of the large banks are just as present, if not worse, at Jefferies. Management changes in technology have been for the worse. The new upper management hires are arrogant and have poor listening skills.

      1.0
      Aug 3, 2022

      All the rumors are true

      Equity research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good to get the foot in the door if you want to get in wall street

      Cons

      All the rumors are true, they expect you work investment banking hours while paying you lower end of equity research salary, management is poorly organized, people left and get 60% -80% pay raise.

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