Avoid Market Operations if you want to - Senior Associate Macquarie Group Employee Review

2.0
May 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Risk management focus has helped reduce the firms exposure to fines experienced by other investment banks. Ability to be exposed to high level deals and transactions across the firm. Leader in commodities and infrastructure investment banking with high deal flow. Growing reputation and name brand in the US. Free breakfast (fruit, full cereal bar, snacks, etc).

Cons

Managers and Senior Managers in Market Operations division have not been trained how to properly support the employees that they manage. Toxic environment where management hands off the projects with the highest risk to those below them and the managers are the first to accuse those below them if there are any problems. The training is "on the job" with little to no supervision. Little to no opportunity to advance career in the department. High rate of outsourcing to India, so the job security is uncertain. Legacy systems include a mainframe system which is 30 years outdated. Lower than industry average bonuses for Senior Associates.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Extremely toxic culture especially in the Houston office. Trade compliance systems are a complete joke. They have no way of finding out of a trader is actually committing violations because systems are so bad and lag months back. Lots of image shining to hide the true picture behind closed doors. Do not trust the percentage of Bonus/Raise they pitch you. The bonus is 1% not 10-20% Lots of internal politics, local management keeps promoting each other every year while the rest of the hard workers watch. A little bit of a cult vibe when it comes to culture. Organization loves overstepping boundaries between personal and professional life. They want you to live and breathe Macquarie 24/7/365 Promotion process made extremely complicated for everyone EXCEPT the inner clicks. Annual performance reviews involve baiting each other by asking team members to score you.

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