Capucine, 27, mergers and acquisitions analyst, €5,300 a month: 'We looked at the salaries and said we were going to live like royalty'
My job is to advise companies that want to buy other companies, or be bought themselves. It is called M&A, for mergers and acquisitions. I am on the healthcare team, which deals with everything related to the health sector. I start work around 9:30 am and usually finish at midnight, but it really varies. Sometimes I work until 4 am, all night, or I finish at 8 pm. In that case, I am usually too tired to do anything with my evening.
Career progression is defined year by year – analyst one, two, and then three, before becoming an associate and then a senior. The work environment is competitive: for bonuses, the bank sets an overall budget for each group of employees and then divides it among them based on their rankings.
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