Demographics

Question from Megan:

As a girl, I'm curious--roughly what proportion of your colleagues are female? Do you know any female bankers who are married and/or have families?

Also: what's the dress code in your group?



Answer:
Actually I was pretty surprised how diverse it is out here. There are the same number of female interns in my group as male interns. Full-time, there is probably about a 2-to-1 ratio of guys to girls. So yeah - probably 33% are girls. The other thing is that the more senior you go, the fewer girls there are. I don't know any female bankers that are married or have families. I'm sure they exist, but I've never met or even heard of a female banker with a family.

Dress code pretty much depends on the bank. When I interviewed at all the different banks this is something that I noticed. Where I work it's business formal every day except Fridays (during the summer), and I like it that way. It helps me to remember that I'm supposed to be getting work done and not messing around. I know other banks are a lot more casual too, so it just depends on where you are.