I want to pivot to finance, but I'm concerned about work/life balance. What areas of finance offer a good salary and stability but don't require you to sell your soul and your free time?

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Difficult to say because even in the same departments, different teams have different wlb. Avoid anything front office as they’re tied to profits and customer demands however this is where the money is….

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What type of finance are you looking to do?
I’m in Strat Fin (with some FP&A duties too) - $135k base + 20% bonus, maybe 40 hours a week unless things get really crazy (one week it was 50 hours).

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In undergrad we had a state pension fund come to our finance club.

Said they pay $100k by year 3, work under 40 hours a week on average, and it's the same work.

Apparently people use it as a way into IB and they're really looking for people who will actually stay because so many get poached.

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