Mesirow Financial Reviews

Pros

Small regional with a decent breadth of client services.

Cons

Very hard to make decent money without a book coming in.

Advice to Senior Management

Giving advice to senior management is for consultants.

Pros

Good work life balance. Nice offices, good downtown location. Pay is fairly competitive with the industry, especially considering the work life balance.

Cons

The other reviews on this site rang very true to me; there are no opportunities to move within the firm, and the firm is afraid of change and technology. Also, because departments are small and there is no interaction between them, there are a lot of bullies that are allowed to run wild. Read some of these other reviews and you'll see what I mean. There's no accountability, because senior management has no idea what's going on in the literally 100 different business units that don't ever work with each other. Managing directors get to own their little empires, which means lots of favoritism. Also, there's a major lack of training, which means new employees have a hard time doing their jobs effectively.

Advice to Senior Management

You have a firm with only 1200 people but 100 busines units, and each is run completely independently. You can't possibly pay attention to what's going on with all that. So consolidate in a meaningful way, and stop letting your middle management act like they're the CEOs of their own tiny companies.

Pros

-Good work life balance for the industry
-Respectful people who are very professional
-Salaries are competitive in the industry
-Decent vacation time

Cons

-People rarely switch departments
-Do not organically grow professionals
-Difficult to change things, senior management are set in their ways

Pros

Downtown location is great. Benefits are OK.

Cons

Lack of communication at all levels
Total disregard for employees
No training or support
Very low morale among employees

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees. Changes are needed. Senior Leadership in incompetent. People in high level positions have no respect for employees. Lack of communication is prevalent at this company.

Pros

Work and family balance and hours

Cons

No growth opportunities any more

Pros

There is a very good work life balance that exists. Opportunity for promotion is always present. The benefits package is great.

Cons

Compensation isn't very competitive for entry level workers in relation to other similar firms. I believe that those with experience are compensated very well though.

Advice to Senior Management

Mesirow is continually doing good work. They treat their employees well and they are very open about the company's plans for the future.

Pros

good benefits, good people, great facilities

Cons

low salary, no opportunity for growth, no support from managers for growth/success

Advice to Senior Management

give employees motivation to stay

Pros

It is a great place to work with a lot of wonderful hardworking people.

Cons

They talk about change but a lot of times it doesn't happen.

Advice to Senior Management

This is a great company with great leadership!

Pros

Benefits were nice, salary seemed on par with industry average

Cons

Hostile work environment, lack of communication, lack of employee morale

Advice to Senior Management

I worked here as a Settlement Coordinator for only two months. It was by far the most horrible job I ever worked. I was never ever trained and had to guess my job. My manager was HORRIBLE. I don't think I've ever had a manager as horrible. Horrible communication skills, no tact, no common sense. Her job it seemed was to degrade and insult me at every turn. My managers role remind me I was not like the others and was lower than everyone else. Every day I wondered why I was hired since she disliked me so. I was micromanaged but never actually told what to do. There were times I would do what was asked and then told I wasn't asked things. I would actually take notes so that I could learn and was discouraged from doing so. The final straw was when she pulled me into her office, not to give me a warning, but to tell me I needed to "shape up" (mind you with no training) or I was getting fired. Being that I had no clue what I was doing, no training, or no support. I quit. I literally walked out of that job and never went back. I received phone calls and letters on a regular basis trying to figure out why I never came back. I never answered them. I gave them the same amount of respect and communication they gave me.

I think my experience was so bad because this office was located in Dallas and was essentially isolated from the rest of the company. I guess because of this corporate and upper management turned a blind eye to what was going on.

I knew it should have been a red flag when all the employees told me stories of all the former people in my position.

Pros

Barely any... Nice office location.

Cons

Low pay, lower morale. Upper management does not care about the integral operational employees of the company, they are the bottom of the totem pole.

Advice to Senior Management

Open your eyes and see how important your operational departments are. There is a reason why everyone with talent leaves at the drop of a hat...