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      Lazard Reviews

      4.0

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (512 total reviews)
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      Peter Orszag

      81% approve of CEO

      73% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Culture and values

      3.6

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.6

      Senior management

      2.9

      Work/Life balance

      Lazard has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 512 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lazard employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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      512 reviews
      1.0
      4 Dec 2015

      Most toxic workplace environment on Wall St

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great brand name within finance. Amazing office location. Nice offices. Hard to come up with 20 words of positivity.

      Cons

      Intense, unfriendly environment day to day. Unsupportive of time off of ANY kind. Neurotic senior management with unreasonable expectations -- armies of Miranda Priestlys. Multiple people had mental breakdowns/hospitalizations from exhaustion due to overworking, and management + HR still turned a blind eye. Bonuses are minuscule compared to other places on the street. It's just not worth it.

      2.0
      7 Apr 2014

      Waste of time

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good learning experience (BUT you 90% of everything you need to learn in 6 months and then start repeating yourself) Some of the old bankers are incredible and the last remnants of when IBD attracted some of the most interesting (and dare I say cleverest) people in the world - very unlikely if you join now you'll have any interaction with them

      Cons

      Huge nepotism - "what school did you go to haw haw" Layers of mediocre senior and mid-management Huge amounts of unnecessary work London in perpetual decline - bailed out by NYC and Paris again and again - not good for morale The CEO / partner level employees in London generally have as much charisma as a damp rag. Super firings every few months - not good for morale Losing deals in the UK again and again Absolutely no respect for work life balance. Genuinely do not care about you or your life. Poor comp vs peers at BB

      2.0
      10 Dec 2015

      Terrible stuffy office enviorment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      health insurance is very good

      Cons

      place is a nightmare. not competitive salaries, people getting screamed at on the floor, management is a mess, HR turns a blind eye to obvious violations.

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