If you want to be an investment banker in Chicago, Baird is the place to be - Investment Banking Associate Baird Employee Review

100% cash compensation, Baird Scholar program (one of the few remaining companies that will pay for you to get your MBA - full time), culture really does hold up (you don’t have to be an a-hole to work in finance), have made concerted effort to improve the junior banker experience (No Saturday work policy, encourage analysts to participate early and often in pitches, client / buyer meetings, etc.). Good benefits for the most part (401k / HSA match, profit sharing).