I work in middle market banking and I can say I love it. I started here in the analyst program, went to credit training in SF, and worked in credit and banker roles. I have been here for 16 years, make a good salary, good bonus, deferred comp, and my manager and team is generally good to work with. No complaints.
Unfortunately, the noise from the retail bank and the public has made its way into our LOB and that has poisoned the great culture we have in our LOB. Of course our LOB has had much noise recently with the addition of legacy BBG folks, many of whom have already been let go.