Better than street compensation, expanding quickly - Anonymous employee Macquarie Group Employee Review

4.0
Mar 26, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Better than street salary + bonus. Good hours compared to bulge-bracket shops. Collegial work environment, I felt that Macquarie is making a big push to expand in the US and friends still there have been able to achieve promotions as soon as they deserve them.

Cons

Regarding the Infrastructure group, I heard (and followed) the advice of many of the younger bankers to avoid starting your career at Macquarie, at least in the USA. You may be pigeonholed as an infrastructure banker. Generally, you're staffed to one live deal at a time and they can drag on, depriving you of good experience and bonus checks!

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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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