investment banking analyst

research associate

vice president

banking associate

assistant vice president

Jefferies LLC

Typical work day: catch up on news, press releases, events or industry happenings impacting coverage universe and communicate with the traders as applicable / review SEC filings and update operating models as relevant / research new themes to write large thematic reports on, write quick update notes on relevant news items / preparing for earnings reports

What I learned: financial modeling and forecasting, developing and communicating investment theses; granular view of business models, industry specific trends and growth drivers

Co-workers: fun and intelligent people and collegial office environment

Hardest part of the job: time sensitivity of earnings, managing multiple earnings in one night and formulating thoughtful questions in a highly compressed time frame. at times there was little / no direction for involved and complex report-writing projects

Most enjoyable part of the job: speaking to sales and clients about the covered companies, walking them through the "stories", financial model dynamics and opportunities and risks with the stock pitch

Investment company, corporate based out of New Orleans, downtown location, great bosses, loved the job. I provided clerical support for the Sr. VP, VP, and a Director and his two associates. My work ethic, performance and professionalism was valued. The office was fairly new and I was the last AA hired to join the Executive department. Unfortunately, the HR manager was incompetent so the office atmosphere and culture became flawed. All was well until the owner, boss from New Orleans chose the new girl to be his assistant when he visited, which made me a target. My work environment amongst the other AA's was brutal, cruel and intentionally sabotaging. The incident was reported to corporate, investigated and concluded in my favor with apologies rendered and others reprimanded. Despite my position with the company upheld, I no longer felt comfortable working with my co-workers. I resigned with positive support and letters of reference from each one of my bosses.

Jefferies was a great company to work for. The financial compensation was on the high side of the scale. I learned more about the business and technical side than I had at my previous employers. The team I worked with was second to none as we were all friends and worked very well together as one cohesive unit. The hardest part of the job was the extremely high stress environment due to each clients financial risk and the need to mitigate that financial risk in a time sensitive manner. The most enjoyable part was the office environment and the great comradery shared between my team, my management and I.

Working at Jefferies was an easily managed job, with most of the day-to-day being spent staring at the clock more than actually having to address any needs. This however is greatly affected by the bankers that you are matched to assisting. My group was very low-maintenance, and I could whittle away the day watching videos or doomscrolling with all my tasks done in less than an hour or two. Other people however were frantically managing travel schedules, severe oversight from obsessive managing directors and sifting through giant mounds of receipts, emails and meetings. Things can be very cliquey so being able to read people and navigate tense situations is a must if you seek to roll the dice. 

I worked with outstanding management and enjoyed a tremendous career opportunity at Jefferies LLC.
Jefferies encourages a collegiate work environment and encourages career development.  The most enjoyable part of my job was collaborating with my team and my managers. As I learned in the past that much of business hinges on business relationships and this became critical here at Jefferies as I needed to begin to foster new relationships across all business units within a short time. It has been a challenging and rewarding opportunity on so many levels.

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What is the best part of working at the company?
The free food, the free lunch’s and the free happy hour 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The manager is very unfair. They definitely have their favorite and have clicks. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture has a high school mentality. If you belong to the click then you can get by. The people all belong to a group and if you are not part of that group, they make it very uncomfortable for you to work there. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in and do your work and no one talks to you. A very cold environment.

Mail clerk in a respectable global investment bank. Daily responsibilities include sorting incoming mail according to destination and type. I assist the distribution and dispatching of the mail for sixteen floors. Outgoing mail is examined for qualities sufficient for successful delivery, and stamps for documents being sent via USPS. Responsibilities also include assisting associates with outgoing Fedex packages going domestic and/or international. Agencies we deal on a daily basis include USPS, Fedex, UPS DHL and several messenger couriers. Finally, each associate works in compliance to make sure the mailroom runs efficiently and in a professional matter.

If you ever wanted an opportunity to develop and demonstrate your industry knowledge from the traditional Bulge Bracket Investment Banks, Jefferies will through you the curve ball. An excellent place where you can meet the leadership of the organization and work with them solve real business issues. It has a young hedge fund culture but you get to work with staff from all the Major Investment Banks in the World. You also get to travel and gain valuable Global Banking experience. 

Lots of Team Lunches
Management Meetings
Training and On the job training

Start Early in Morning aroung 7:00 am I like to get to work early prepared daily MMD scaled reports for the Trader and distribution to the trading floor staff. I love working with people, had readly nice people to work with. The hardest part of my job was getting the accounts from the trader for the trade to settle, it like pulled teeth sometime and sometime not. I enjoy working, on my job had fun and the people was hilarious funny. Management nice people giving me ticket to the Knick game. Learning helplessness is a psychological condititon in human being & I learned that people can help me.

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