Is Macquarie Group a good company to work for?

Macquarie Group has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 5,645 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at Macquarie Group to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Macquarie Group have been left by employees working as Intern , Summer Analyst and Software Engineer .

Does Macquarie Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Macquarie Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Macquarie Group. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Macquarie Group?

67% of Macquarie Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Macquarie Group 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Macquarie Group?

Manager (266) , Analyst (228) , Senior Manager (218) , Executive (214) , Senior Associate (213) , Associate (210) , Associate Director (147) , Software Engineer (126) , Assistant Manager (121) , Intern (103) , Vice President (96) , Business Analyst (93) , Executive Assistant (67) , Credit Analyst (52) , Senior Analyst (50)

What are the pros of working at Macquarie Group according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and helpful" ((in 479 reviews)); "Good work life balance and learning" ((in 309 reviews)); "Good pay and flexibilitiy across teams" ((in 201 reviews)); "Good salary and hours" ((in 140 reviews)); "Good benefits and you get what you put in" ((in 140 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Macquarie Group according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and you figure everything out by yourself with talking to people when you are new to the role." ((in 190 reviews)); "Long hours are expected and weekend work" ((in 90 reviews)); "Bad manager who does not promote your development and management does not care" ((in 72 reviews)); "Career progression can be slow if you are not in the right place at the right time" ((in 50 reviews)); "low bonuses company wide" ((in 48 reviews))

What are employees saying about Macquarie Group layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Macquarie Group layoffs and their outlook for job security at Macquarie Group in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Macquarie Group locations?

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Macquarie Group reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,950 total reviews)

Shemara Wikramanayake

85% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.1

Senior management

Macquarie Group has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,950 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Macquarie Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

3.0

Oct 20, 2008

ok company

senior asc

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good location in central Sydney. Nice chairs, nice tables, good coffee. Phones work. Carpet nice. Lots of computers. OK Career Opportunities, OK Communication, OK Compensation & Benefits, OK Employee Morale, OK Recognition & Feedback, OK Senior Leadership, OK Work/Life Balance, OK Fairness & Respect.

Cons

Disorganized IT group. Following oculd be improved: Career Opportunities Communication Compensation & Benefits Employee Morale Recognition & Feedback Senior Leadership Work/Life Balance Fairness & Respect

5.0

Jul 25, 2008

Mac Bank is fun!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

IT at McBank was a fun place to be - relaxed and using best practices, newish technologies etc. The team i was with with all intelligent, fun people, and the hours were standard. I'd recommend a job here if you can get it! Geeze, as an employee you can even get free parking on the weekend in the city here! Good parties, good attitude, good technologies... was anything wrong?

Cons

Yep. Some of the senior managers were a bit iffy, and weren't up to speed on latest technologies, or even older technologies. This isn't a great look when you're managing it teams. Only new-ish technologies. Banks are always late in jumping on these things because, well, they're a bank, new technologies aren't part of their business model. If you're in IT and really like IT, maybe Mac isn't the place to be- but if you're in IT and half like technology? Gogogogogooo!

2.0

Jun 16, 2008

Stay away, unless you get offered stupid amounts of money

Architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They pay good rates to contractors, but only if you negotiate hard before you start. Rate rises are almost non-existent

Cons

Highly unethical company. I felt dirty working for them. Also, they seem to value length of service over competency, so many senior people are just sitting around doing no work waiting for the bonus cheques to roll in. The people who do the hard work rarely get any credit. Also there is a culture of blame, rather than trying to fix problems.

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