Avantages
There are a lot of young professionals there and overall it's a pretty pleasant place to work. The offices are very nice, and you definitely get the sense that they try to take care of their younger analysts and associates. It's also a pretty well-respected middle-market bank. Overall, there's still some bureaucracy as you might expect at any investment bank, but it definitely has more of a flat corporate structure and overall I found the people there to be very respectful and dedicated to developing young talent. The culture is definitely not uptight and as a young professional, you get out what you put in. Work life balance is also pretty good -- as good as you can expect working in investment banking or equity research I suppose.
Inconvénients
Compensation was pretty middle of the road. I also got the sense sometimes that management seemed pretty removed from VP's and below. I understand that management can't be attentive to everybody, but having town halls more frequently and keeping the lines of communication open would help the young professionals feel more included in things. I also feel it would help keep them more motivated; the problem that I often saw was not because of the lack of work ethic or intelligence among people, but what I felt was possibly a lack of team spirit or motivation from management at times.