Is my thinking accurate? Avoid this role?

I got contacted by a recruiter who has a director of strategy role within a PE backed company (ie/ one of their portfolio companies).

I'm hesitant because PE firms imho and experience with previous clients, tend to load their portfolio companies with debt and then sometimes they blow up, like one of my previous clients this year lol

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Working in PE portcos can be a great experience. You tend to get more scope and responsibility, and get the chance to prove your metal. If you succeed, you can bounce around from portco to portco (within or across pe funds) and get some real P&L ownership.

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I mean as long as the blame doesn’t fall on you during the debt crash the why not? Sounds like something to bring up in an interview

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