Macquarie Group reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(4,929 total reviews)
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Shemara Wikramanayake

85% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Macquarie Group has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,929 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 Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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5K reviews
3.0
Sep 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great Pay Some great minds, individuals and teams to interact with, great talent acquisition An approach to explore and acquire latest tech and best talents

Cons

Very weak amateur management and leadership, most have been around for ages with fragile egos mixed with high incompetence and contagious insecurity . Accepting and encouraging toxic behaviors, sometimes unknowingly. Poor management reflects in un- utilized talent, very poor understanding on how to build, scale and manage functional teams accompanied by a lot of politics that goes down to impact day to day work for very junior levels backed by control set by people who have been around for very long time that play for their own benefit and it works!, very easy to spot. They don't know who to fire, obvious cases of bullying, setting obstacles to work, stealing others efforts as well as toxic behaviors are not handled and contributors get promoted which is also a sign of a very weak and corrupt management. incidents are easy to spot, weak leadership don't want to notice nor act Highly confused leadership runs on blaming and setting up space goats to cater for individual and organisationals shortcomings

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Macquarie Group Response
2y
We're sorry to read your review of Macquarie. It's important that our people are empowered to succeed. We strive to ensure our people feel safe and fairly treated, and we have a zero-tolerance approach to breaches of our Appropriate Workplace Behaviour policy. We encourage you to reach out to our Equal Employment Opportunity team via eeooffice@macquarie.com so we can arrange a time to speak and understand more about your experience.
1.0
Jun 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Some good people can be found there, who will share the same suffering as yourself.

Cons

very hard management, in the career website they have mentioned we have flexible and hybrid working, which is totally untrue. They have mandatory 3 days in office, which are fixed days, you cannot choose the 3 days you can go and you must go 3 days, if you 2 days, management will start chasing you and keep sending warning emails repeatedly.

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Macquarie Group Response
2y
We're sorry to read your review of Macquarie. We’re committed to hybrid working for the long term, with a varied cadence of time in the office according to each of businesses’ needs, and we will continue to empower teams to work flexibly in a way that balances the needs of our people, clients and businesses. It’s important that our managers embody our values, and we aim to provide them with the resources they need to support and empower their teams. We'd like to learn more about your experience and encourage you to reach out to careers@macquarie.com so we can arrange a time to speak.
2.0
Oct 25, 2023

Dog eat dog culture

Recommend
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Pros

Easy to get to location

Cons

Poor leadership with far too many people working super long hours regularly. Too many people been there too long and don't know what good looks like Never do anything well - projects are run poorly by people who are inexperienced or certified, Risks are not managed well and those who call out issues are viewed as troublemakers. Management don't like hearing negatives. Lack of accountability with big egos. A dog-eat-dog culture with everyone in it for themselves and striving to get to that next level title that means nothing in the real world. Salary was really low compared to their competitors and other industries.

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Macquarie Group Response
2y
We're sorry to read your feedback. We aim to ensure that the employee experience is positive for everyone. We also aim for our managers to be supportive and effective in helping our employees to deliver in their roles, and are able to provide all the tools and resources needed to set our employees up for success. We would like the opportunity to learn more about your experience and encourage you to reach out to your HR team member so we can arrange a time to speak.
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