Do not work here. - Institutional Sales ThinkEquity Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are no pros to working here.

Cons

Pyramid scheme. The hours required would be better spent working as a laborer, far higher earning potential. Top few brokers making all the money placing their friends in sweetheart deals that inevitably tank. Junior brokers are taught to leverage favors, rather than supplying a superior product. They advise terrible deals to seemingly churn commissions with little to no regard for investors. (Most recent example SCPX secondary being halted and investigated by the SEC - ultimately repriced). Their reputation proceeds them on the street and in their niche investor community. Weird relationship between the head of capital markets and the CEO. Rumor has it there was blackmail involved between them. Awful culture, instructing employees to disregard their families, friends and personal life to dedicate 100% of their time to being in the office (on a minimum wage salary for one year). This mantra is echoed near verbatim weekly if not daily. all factors align with the C-suite initiatives for personal profits and overall disregard for anything that stands in the way of that. Steer clear of this firm on all fronts.. Jordan Belfort wanna-be's who give the investment banking industry in general a bad name.

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5.0
Sep 16, 2025
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Pros

Platform is built for growth. Tons of deal flow and product offerings to bring to your relationships. Very supportive leadership. CEO is very accessible. Beautiful offices. Great people.

Cons

If you aren’t the type that can work at a very high level consistently, you will fall behind.

2.0
Mar 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good place to grind and make a name for yourself

Cons

stiffed on pay. a bank where companies go if they messed up

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