Pros
- Strong team full of talented individuals who work extremely hard - Generally a nice environment (since dulled due to office move and company wide layoffs) - Exposure to Founders/C-level executives - Work with many different teams - Management team are former Investment Associates and therefore aware of pain points
Cons
- Extremely low pay (not competitive whatsoever leading to staff turnover) even with promotion to senior IA - Emotionally/physically draining - Long hours expected and not rewarded (especially during end of quarters) - Unattainable team targets (therefore bonus never gets reached which is demoralising for the team who work hard) - Tired market with investor activity being extremely low - Very slow progression path - Demoralised team with some considering leaving despite all members being passionate about the role