Good exposure and brand, culture can be toxic
Pros
- Decent compensation - Standard progression for investment folks - Deep pocket for investments or company events - Decent learning & development budget - Brand (at least within Asia) - Easier deal sourcing in Asia due to brand - Interesting industry and teams with diverse capabilities - Mature organization with structure and frameworks - Capable and hardworking senior leaders - Perks such as free coffee, access to night safari etc
Cons
- Bureaucracy - Long hours - Very structured place and team can operate in silo sometimes - System sucks which creates a lot of inefficiency and manual work across the firm (but hopefully will get better with increasing investments in IT side) - A bit too top down and not as commercial as advertised - Not enough thought leadership within investment circle - Too much work done for the sake of doing or to impress people without creating meaningful impact - Compensation and accountability of leaders not fully aligned - Too much face time and promotion based on sucking-up, not actual results - Too much institutional work (required to organise company events - can be good or bad depends on how you see it) - Some really bad middle managements who have no clue about leadership or developing their people, treat people like tools and micromanage (But culture depends on team, so do enough due diligence on the team before joining) - In general, culture where people are afraid of raising a different point of view or sticking their heads out
