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Bain & Company Hey there,
Anyone have any idea about Associate consultant pay at Bain in Riyadh?
In the last reound and I have an offer from OW. (apart from money, which one is better? in terms of culture, WLB, and less public segtor work)
wondering if it's worth it to do the next round or not.
+ any idea about signing bonus & relocation benifit? Bain & Company Oliver Wyman
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Who is responsible? This is pretty great

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Anything outside of New York is going to be better than just about anything inside New York
Charlotte is decent, but ultimately it depends on the role. I know people who forward emails and play on their phones for 8 hours a day.
I can personally attest to this. Middle/back office roles at my firm are 100% the 9-5 and spend 6 hours on your phone type, but with business development and industry/coverage roles, we’re lucky to get out after 12 hours on a slow day. Plus side is weekends are pretty much travel time only and it’s every other weekend at most
I’m in LA and I think I have as good of a balance as possible in IB
Not boring for me but depends what you’re into I guess. I prefer LA for the beach and will eventually make my way down there, but SF has enough for me especially given the limited free time I have.
I'm in Chicago and it's great. Basically any finance related job will be in the loop downtown, which is really where everything is and I feel like since we aren't the primary location for my firm it's all a lot more laid back
DC is pretty good compared to NYC. Even in finance, most people leave between 5-8pm, at least in my experience. And most people respect work-life balance and family priorities. They just expect you to give 100% while you’re at work.
What about Miami?
Dallas also has pretty great work life balance. People make time for each other, which is amazing. It is a lot slower paced than DC and NYC, though, at least in my experience. I moved after two years because it was too slow for me.