Intelligent people, terrible culture and pay - Investment Banking Associate Jefferies Employee Review

3.0
Nov 18, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

+ Work with intelligent and work hungry people + Good health plan

Cons

+ Terrible working environment + Claw-backs and extensive restrictions on bonuses + No cohesive culture, all IBD teams have their own culture + Every man for themselves and blame culture + Some very incompetent people at the top

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