Piper Jaffray Reviews

I worked at Piper Jaffray

Pros – Fun. Lots of great, smart employees.

Cons – Small and a little old-school.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Piper Jaffray

Pros – Salary, bonuses and benefits are the biggest plus at this location...though you must work hard to earn them. Work/life balance is good too. Overall, nice people to work with.

Cons – Workload is overwhelming. Large producers are able to treat others with little or no respect and behave poorly as long as they produce.

Advice to Senior Management – Check in with support staff from time to time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Piper Jaffray

Pros – Strong senior level bankers
Leading middle market equity/M&A shop
Strong training program
Small teams
Flat structure
Good work life balance

Cons – Limited exit opportunities
Lots of pitchwork to win business
Unsophisticated client-base
Limited product offering
Limited inter-office collaboration
Limited resources

Advice to Senior Management – Develop firm-wide culture and sense of togetherness
Increase meal allowance and benefits for employees
Take company private to avoid public company scrutiny and additional costs

I have been working at Piper Jaffray

Pros – Decent benefits, admins get to leave early once a month on a Friday

Cons – Vacation/PTO bank not that generous, medical/dental plan contributions rather expensive

Advice to Senior Management – n/a

I have been working at Piper Jaffray

Pros – Experience. Piper gives analysts lots of responsibility (ie additional work) which gives you a lot to speak to when it comes to interviewing elsewhere. This makes it sound not good, but really, analyst programs are built around analysts moving on to VC/PE so it does prepare you well for those opportunities.

Cons – Limited respect for your time, impossible to have a personal life, not necessarily as well regarded as bulge banks, but competes well in the middle-market.

Advice to Senior Management – Senior management doesn't do much to supervise the IB division. There's a disconnect from Senior mgt - senior bankers - junior resources. You should get more involved with the senior bankers to ensure that they're fostering the partnership environment you talk about. That message never flows down to junior resources in action, and I can assure you the junior resources have no interest in moving up the ladder in a firm like that. You'll constantly be looking outside for senior bankers which is why it's hard for you to actually develop "partners" that you want.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Piper Jaffray

Pros – Overall working at Piper Jaffray was a very good experience

Cons – The downsides are the midcap deals

Advice to Senior Management – NA

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend