"poor shareholders" - Anonymous employee Macquarie Group Employee Review

1.0
Jan 15, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

free parking on weekends free alcahol at parties easy location to get to

Cons

there seems to be alot of people doing nothing there. I dont know how they make money. I guess inflatting asset prices and borrowing to pay themselves "performance fees" is one good way. they are excellent at marketing themselves as the rocket scientists of the finance world in australia, but when you do the psychometric test to get in, they value sales skills over intelligence. So basically it is just full of very good sales people who really don't have a great idea. This may show in the long run. Also, the majority of people have either been there for over 10 years or under 3 years. So the old school make it very difficult for newbies to progress in fear there sweet little world may come under threat. very politically driven company. If your actually bright, go work somewhere else cause not only does this place suck to work if you are young and actually have a clue but I doubt it will survive weel into the near future due to the culture that has existed there

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