Pros
- Very strong brand name (esp. in finance and asset management) - Nice NB headquarters - Opportunity to work out of global offices on demand - Pays for CFA (all levels) and other certifications
Cons
Worked in one of their front-office non-portfolio departments at the most junior level - TERRIBLE management (can't emphasize this enough) -- management is absolutely disinterested in transferring skills to junior staff as they expect their juniors to leave for b-schools within a few years or move to startups - Very limited access to any type of client-facing work or more traditional finance work - Very limited growth opportunities for junior staff (with the exception of CFA)--juniors are discouraged from taking on new projects or showing initiative as management prefers to micromanage all levels of juniors (analysts/associates/sr. associates) - Very limited differentiation from analyst to associate to sr. associate-type of work (no growth of skills) - Almost impossible to get promoted past sr. associate without an MBA (lots of sr. associates in the role for over 5 years with no promotion to VP) - NB location--not many opportunities to network outside PIMCO or PAAMCO