Lack of professionalism and horrible internal communication - Equity Research Associate William Blair Employee Review

1.0
20 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Based in Chicago and one of the only respected firms in the area

Cons

Compensation for equity research - lower than standards with low bonuses work-life balance: dependent on analyst,but non existent lack of diversity - Chicago based white men with no new blood or diversity that stifles progress and innovation People: they are horrible

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Cons

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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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