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    Updated 20 Jan 2020

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    4.5
    95%
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    96%
    Approve of CEO
    William Blair President and CEO John R. Ettelson
    John R. Ettelson
    87 Ratings
    Pros

    • "great culture and opportunity to learn" (in 16 reviews)

    • "Flexibility, work life balance, senior mgmt, responsibility from the start" (in 11 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Really long hours and unclear bonus criteria" (in 7 reviews)

    • "Hours are not great (but good by investment banking standards) - varies by group" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. "Overall good place to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Investment Banking Analyst in London, England

      I have been working at William Blair full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      The compensation is very good

      Cons

      William Blair can be more creative

      William Blair2020-01-20

    2. "Top Investment Bank"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at William Blair full-time

      Pros

      Great people and working environment

      Cons

      Long working hours and being on call 24/7

      William Blair2019-12-26
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    3. "Excellent culture, brilliant colleagues, and lots of opportunity for personal and professional growth."

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      Current Employee - Vice President in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at William Blair full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Highly competitive compensation, clear firm mission, great market reputation, exciting and challenging engagements

      Cons

      Work-life balance (but this is a challenge at all investment banks)

      Advice to Management

      Be even more aggressive in promoting top performers early

      William Blair2019-10-27

    4. "Great Culture"

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      Current Employee - Analyst in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at William Blair full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Great culture with abundant opportunities to network with senior bankers, smaller teams

      Cons

      Similar to other investment banking hours, long hours.

      William Blair2019-10-24

    5. "Research associate"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Equity Research Associate 

      I have been working at William Blair full-time

      Pros

      Can long a lot in a short time

      Cons

      Work pretty long long hours

      William Blair2019-10-21

    6. "Good for an investment bank"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Investment Banking Analyst 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at William Blair full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      - Most senior people mean well - Excellent in enterprise SaaS

      Cons

      - Because SF has so many other great opportunities, the quality of the associates and VPs was suspect

      William Blair2019-10-20
    7. Helpful (1)

      "Good for industry"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Associate 

      I worked at William Blair full-time

      Pros

      Relatively good culture as a result of quality people

      Cons

      Still subject to some of same cultural downsides as rest of industry

      William Blair2019-10-14

    8. "Historically Great Culture, but Challenges are Growing"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Partner in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at William Blair full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      Partnership provides greater compensation opportunity for high performers.

      Cons

      Compensation for Executive Committee has been rising relative to rest of the partnership, which creates weaker bond among partner ranks.

      Advice to Management

      Measure the compensation of the Executive Committee versus the partnership overall. To the extent that it has grown to higher-than-historical levels, consider putting more back into the middle partnership ranks to keep people engaged and motivated.

      William Blair2019-10-08

    9. "Analyst"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Analyst 

      I have been working at William Blair full-time

      Pros

      Great learning opportunity and ability to interact with many smart people daily.

      Cons

      Nothing. The office is beautiful.

      Advice to Management

      Nothing.

      William Blair2019-09-08

    10. "Great place, great culture"

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      Current Employee - Institutional Sales in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at William Blair full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      awesome culture. great coworkers.

      Cons

      no set aside learning period. totally thrown into the fire. pay is at or below the street

      William Blair2019-09-04
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