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      Jefferies

      Engaged Employer

      Jefferies reviews

      3.9

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (1,278 total reviews)
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      Richard B. Handler

      83% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      Jefferies has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,278 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jefferies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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      1K reviews
      2.0
      May 1, 2014

      Foster City Office / Tech Group

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good opportunity to do IBD in tech... you can lateral to a bulge or have a shot at joining tech from the investing/biz dev side. Office has nice views of the man-made lake in Foster City, - first-row seats to the July 4th fireworks.

      Cons

      Punishing work culture with unfriendly senior management, even by IBD's standards. Extremely high turnover among analysts and associates... even Jefferies NYC guys are surprised.

      3.0
      Apr 11, 2014

      Trying to play in the big leagues. An Ok place to work for Equity research

      Senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Aggressive culture. Jefferies has been trying to gain market share away from some of the larger players. They have been trying to hire away talent from some of the bigger shops such as UBS and Morgan Stanley by luring people with 2 year guarantees. Not sure if this model is sustainable if they don't generate enough revenues through these new hires.

      Cons

      Hours could be long. Sales can get demanding at times. Year end review process is relatively opaque. There is a push to get analysts II ranking, which means a ton of outbound phone calls (500+) every month. This activity among others is tracked internally.

      4.0
      Apr 2, 2014

      Good

      Vp-it
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      it is still a small company

      Cons

      it is getting big company politics

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