Houlihan Lokey Offering Junior Employees Five Night Caribbean Vacation In Bid To Retain Young Talent Houlihan Lokey Offering Junior Employees Five Night Caribbean Vacation In Bid To Retain Young Talent We have been documenting the steps that numerous investment banking firms have been taking (or, in Goldman''s case, not taking) to try and retain their junior bankers amidst an environment where many employees are complaining about their work life balance. The latest in the line of "perks" that we have been pointing out comes from Houlihan Lokey Inc., who gave some of its employees a five night stay at the Fairmont Royal Pavilion in the Caribbean. As Bloomberg notes , the vacation "represents a silent plea to the companys junior employees: Please dont quit." And that has been the ethos of late, with junior bankers apparently wielding all of the power as one investment bank after the next capitulates to the idea that junior bankers are being overworked and underpaid. Dan Miller of True Search Recruitment said: Is it the best time to be a banker in terms of making money? Sure. Is it a horrible time in terms of lifestyle?