Anybody have intel on what hours are like in Simpson Thacher's NYC Banking & Finance group?
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:06 pm
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Yeah, was hoping for numbers (I’m a midlevel shopping around). Coming from a firm where hours were usually 2250, give or take 250.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:31 pmIf you’re asking because you want to avoid grinding long hours, then that place definitely isn’t for you. It’s Chambers Band 1, with a similarly ranked M&A practice, so expect it to be as demanding as it can be in that space.
Oh, no—just trying to figure out if STB would be an improvement on my QOL or not.existentialcrisis wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:47 pmEdit: Gave a snarky response assuming you were a law student. I take it back.
I don't think there's anywhere with higher hours than that, except maybe Wachtell. Depending on your luck in a given year, though, it might not be lower.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:45 pmYeah, was hoping for numbers (I’m a midlevel shopping around). Coming from a firm where hours were usually 2250, give or take 250.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:31 pmIf you’re asking because you want to avoid grinding long hours, then that place definitely isn’t for you. It’s Chambers Band 1, with a similarly ranked M&A practice, so expect it to be as demanding as it can be in that space.
Are you bank side? Cahill mid-level in a normal year would be 2300-2700 (for promotion track associates). LW would be roughly the same. Would imagine it’d be similar at STB and the other band 1s.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 11:24 pmI don't think there's anywhere with higher hours than that, except maybe Wachtell. Depending on your luck in a given year, though, it might not be lower.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:45 pmYeah, was hoping for numbers (I’m a midlevel shopping around). Coming from a firm where hours were usually 2250, give or take 250.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:31 pmIf you’re asking because you want to avoid grinding long hours, then that place definitely isn’t for you. It’s Chambers Band 1, with a similarly ranked M&A practice, so expect it to be as demanding as it can be in that space.