Gen questions for consultants who moved to MM PE, how is the work culture (cutthroat, competitive), stress (insane at closings), & ability to “unplug” on vaca/wknds at your firm?

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Culture - generally collaborative in the sense that you’re asking. We all know there are limited seats at the next level but 1) voluntary attrition takes at least half of the class and 2) most promotions are still evaluated on an absolute basis (eg it’s less “we promote one from each class” and more “we have a high bar / specific threshold for promoting beyond associate”

Stress is high, but at the associate level it’s the type of stress you’re used to (cranking on an IC deck and cranking on a steerco deck are pretty similar). At a more senior level, there is much more career risk as you approach signing / closing.

Ability to unplug has been essentially zero at both firms I’ve worked for. This is far and away the most taxing part of the job

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