Avoid at all costs, culture is known in Chicago as the lowest of the low - Analyst Livingstone Employee Review

Good work/life balance Entrepreneurial spirit and energy

Smaller firm requires more drive and less hand holding

Bullpen chill, work hard, learn a lot in PPT and excel, can drink / "party" in the office

Junior support isn't great and the group is not getting top bucket new incoming team, just started to add a "corporate" function, but HR is a joke, nor formal trainings or push for FINRA licensing, favoritism if you played a sport, debt director is a psycho, no resources like comparable size firms, no middle management (anyone above associate expects analysts and associates to do all the work, and VPs and up won't lift a finger, lots of pitch work - only about 20 bankers in Chicago and 3/4 in LA - the rest are admin or bankers that they won't let be near younger members, no communication with international team, in office 4-5 days a week and weekend work is a must, salary is much less than the street, bonus are about the same as the street, but total comp is much less.