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Oaktree Capital Management

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Oaktree Capital Management reviews

3.6

49% would recommend to a friend

(206 total reviews)

Armen Panossian, Robert O’Leary and Todd Molz

66% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Oaktree Capital Management has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 206 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oaktree Capital Management employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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206 reviews
1.0
Jan 17, 2018

Oaktree lives off of its old glory

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Generous paid vacation time, nice office view

Cons

No room for growth; lay offs; awful CEO and CIO

2.0
Aug 18, 2017

Meh

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Really smart teams and people. Management is very poised and professional. Fun yearend party and summer party. Very family friendly. Excellent health insurance.

Cons

Until recently, they had 10 vacation days a year. Finally, they increased that to 20! Huge win. They always work on Christmas Eve and the day after Thanksgiving. It is not the kind of work environment where you feel comfortable using your vacation. People love to romanticize the "good ole days" and pretend that it is all the same at Oaktree. But those days are LOOONG gone. I feel like they are walking around pushing that same tired story and doing things the way they have always been done. But that is NOT going to cut it in this business environment. They need more employee-friendly practices, and to quit being afraid to change. Their entire investment strategy is to avoid risk, and they apply that to absolutely everything. Per Mark Zuckerburg, not taking risks in this business environment is the riskiest thing you can do. They need a full revamp of their brand and a facelift on their identity. Oh yeah, and very little opportunity for movement. But they will work the heck out of you.

3.0
Jun 21, 2016

Mediocre

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good reputation and track record

Cons

Firm is focused on growing assets under management and removing costs then focusing on investments

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