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Bell Potter Securities

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Nepotism and Cliquish Group - Portfolio Analyst Bell Potter Securities Employee Review

2.0
28 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

You can get ahead just by being a pretend friend to your big boss and staff. Being in the cliquish group of same age group or from same ethnic group helps. Nepotism is the core of getting promoted. If you are a new immigrant with accent act dumb and pretend like you don't know you are invisible to some staff to survive probation. Able to send arduous tasks to staff overseas as cheap labour jobs so you can spend your day mostly looking at the clock, socialising and being a clown. If you are still a young girl try to wear lots of makeup and act naive ditzy so the big boss will forgive your low output. You can come late and go home early because all the tedious works are sent to overseas staff.

Cons

Your skill, knowledge and hard work are not critical, your ability to be a fake friend to your colleagues and managers is more important. Need to pretend to be nice and chatty to everyone. A lot of gossips and attacks behind your back spread using Teams is something to watch out for.

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5.0
6 Mar 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

great staff good culture amazing team

Cons

no cons. it all was perfect

1.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Honestly not much that stands out positively. The Collins Street office view is nice if you’re lucky enough to be on the right side of the building, but that’s about it. Some exposure to dealing and financial markets through assisting brokers and advisers.

Cons

Everything negative said in other reviews largely reflects my experience as well. Compensation is poor for the level of workload expected, especially when compared to competitors in the industry who offer significantly better pay for less demanding assistant roles. It genuinely raises the question of why a younger person would stay long term. The culture feels very outdated and stuck in a different era, almost like a company still operating in the 90s in terms of structure, mindset, and approach. There is a strong old boys club / relationship-driven dynamic that can make the environment feel exclusionary rather than merit-based. Career progression for junior staff is unclear and not well structured. Most younger employees tend to leave after a short period, largely due to lack of visible growth opportunities. Workload can be heavy as a dealer’s assistant supporting multiple advisers/stockbrokers, particularly given the relatively low compensation compared to peer firms. Learning and development is mostly informal and inconsistent, making it difficult to build a clear path of progression within the company.

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