Pros
- Good cash bonus at year-end - Great top-level firm culture (mostly driven by the 'front office' and exec team) - Very academic/scholarly (again, mostly driven by the 'front office' & exec team) - Very informative and educational monthly learning series - Lots of holidays and 2-3 weeks given off around Christmas
Cons
- Very inconsistent culture from 'front-office' to 'back-office' - many sub-cultures - Back office doesn't always walk the walk when it comes to living firm values - Had a negative experience of having an overly aggressive & arrogant Mgr. - Extremely long hours and unreasonable expectations - Mgr played favorites which led to inconsistent critical feedback & performance review ratings across team members - Frequent yelling, cursing, and verbally abusive feedback from Mgr (who, by the way, was promoted) - Mgr took very little responsibility when it came to training and development and demonstrated weak leadership - Treated as an outsider for not being into and keeping up with professional sports