I should have listened to my gut the first month of being at Macquarie. My experience here was one that still haunts me and if I could go back in time I would have quit much sooner. I rather work two part time jobs than work at Macquarie. The workload is enormous and the way this is communicated in the interview is "we like to run a lean team." Lean meaning you'll be so stressed out you'll need to take full advantage of the employee assistance program they have available. Middle management presses all low tier employees to get "operating excellence" hours meaning side projects that keep you working late into the night or coming in on the weekends. Also, mistakes are not allowed. I was once told that I had to be "perfect" I laughed at that and no one else did. Please do not go work at Macquarie if you care about your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. They also mentioned 20% bonuses at one point as I was being recruited, my biggest bonus during my time there was 2.1%. Macquarie is a brutal, cut-throat bank run the rich that stomp on the lower tier employees. The only way to get ahead is to be Australian. Run for your life from this company and never look back.
