Though I no longer work there, I had a positive experience at Audax and would repeat my decision to join the company - Anonymous employee Audax Group Employee Review

4.0
18 Oct 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- One of the only PE firms to hire directly from undergrad. 1st year is hard work, but better lifestyle than I-Banks and more meaningful / interesting work. Opportunity to be promoted directly to post-MBA positions - Greater responsibility at junior levels than at the large cap PE firms. No hard line between pre-MBA and post-MBA (partner track) employees - Emphasis on people development through both formal and informal mentorship. Formal reviews are every 6 months, but people are willing to give feedback between reviews - Generally good group of people who are friends both inside and outside the office - Free market staffing model allows some flexibility on picking who to work with and what type of deals to work on - Exit opportunities to top B-Schools or top PE firms

Cons

- Very granular portfolio reporting (do weekly tracking and reporting of weekly sales metrics) - Chase every deal mentality - Limited opportunity for promotion at senior levels

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5.0
6 Jul 2026
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Pros

Good culture, hardworking and motivated team

Cons

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2.0
12 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

nothing special. typical PE perks: occasional fancy dinners, catered lunches, expense stuff, good health plan, etc.

Cons

culture is pretty toxic - management pretends things are great and sugarcoats everything, junior employees have low morale - salary not competitive at all. terrible 401k match. taboo to talk about coinvest. no salary transparency or progression path - terrible culture of being available/visible. i've spent entire days with no work, sitting in the office just waiting to go home - very top heavy. tons of MDs and too many opinions. managment can't change because they can't decide on anything. - hours aren't bad but toxic culture makes you stay late. sometimes i save work for later so i have a reason to stay late and look busy - very much a gossip culture. lots of talking about people behind their backs - constant probing for upward feedback from management but nothing ever changes - management appeases junior employees with occasional dinners and parties, gets old after the first three. Partners don't show up at events, and MDs leave as fast as possible - catered lunches sound nice but are unhealthy slop, office snacks are all unhealthy. it's like a 7th grader is ordering the food - office has little color and bright hospital lighting. drives you crazy after a few hours

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