Lazard CEO Says Junior Bankers Are Fine With 80-90 Hour Weeks As Long As The Work Is "Interesting" And "Important"
Discussion
Lazard junior banker at 8:30p: “I might get home at a decent hour!”
Lazard MD: “Imma gonna need you to run another 10 cases of economic forecasting just in case the client asks for one of the after the fancy lunch tomorrow.”
Lazard Senior banker (reply all): “Absolutely!”
Lazard senior banker to junior banker: “I’ll need to see these cases and 30 more along with your commentary in a ppt in my inbox first thing tomorrow morning.”