Malk Partners Reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(48 total reviews)

70% positive business outlook

Malk Partners has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 48 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Malk Partners 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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48 reviews
3.0
9 Apr 2022
Recommend
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Pros

1. Get to learn ESG from a market leader that is respected and embedded within the private equity universe 2. Smart coworkers 3. Fun culture 4. Better work life balance than some places 5. Can expense a couple of meals a week. Spend a bit of time here (feels like it's ahead of the curve on ESG) and then exit for a lot more money.

Cons

1.Below-market pay. Demand for ESG talent is blowing up; people who leave enjoy 20-70%+ increases in total compensation 2. Hours can easily get and remain crazy depending on demand. Firm does try to promote work life balance and cites it as a reason for lower pay but doesn't consistently live up to it. Also, WLB gets much worse the more you advance (unlike peer firms where it generally improves better over time) 3. Bad tech. Employees are given "the opportunity" to use personal cell phones for work - without reimbursement! This is ILLEGAL and out of line with practices at peer firms. Cost has been management's excuse, yet the Company has enough cash for management to go on retreats in Mexico. So you are forced to pay for your own cell phone (a cell phone is necessary to complete basic tasks that are part of your job) while management enjoys tanning in Mexico on the Company dime! 4. Poor advancement: You can move up faster and more fairly at faster-paced firms. This is no longer a start-up where you can move up fast based on performance. You have to put in years. 5. Weird coffee rationing (rules like no more than one Company-provided coffee pod a day, making people pay for in-office coffee). Completely out of step with peer firms and discouraging.

1.0
6 Jul 2023

Horrible first job

Recommend
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Pros

The people who work at Malk are the one pro of this job - genuinely passionate, interesting people

Cons

Malk has had a horrible shift in management and company culture, resulting in a company that is poorly run with an odd mix of managers who are either entirely profit-driven or struggling so hard to maintain an air of authority that they are incompetent. What was once a mission driven company full with people who were incredibly passionate about the environment and their career has turned into a horribly perpetuated grind culture that results in people being forced to take mental health days to cope with the overload of tasks or finally cave into leaving the company for a better paying job with better work-life balance. I personally had very bad experiences with management across the organization in regards to management style, appropriate communication, and transparency. Personally, I don't believe the Company is heading in a good direction and there's tons of grumbling throughout the employee base in regards to compensation, management, work-life balance, and satisfaction at work. Would not recommend, even as a first job.

3.0
3 Mar 2026

in decline

Recommend
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Pros

wonderful people, strong growth in ESG knowledge/skills, introduction to PE industry, decent promotion timeline.

Cons

Overall decline in all areas of the business. Malk underwent an acquisition over a year ago, and since then, several senior members have been fired, and the ones left have little empathy for the mid and junior team. When acquired we were told we would not be "worse off" but since we have lost PTO days, reduced communication and transparency, bonuses that were expected to be paid in January are now going to be paid in may/june "maybe". All new hires are on worse compensation/PTO frameworks.

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