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Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

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4.2
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Reviews

Based on 9 surveyed graduates working at Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Read on to get an insider’s view on life as a graduate.
4.2
Based on 9 reviews

Pros & Cons

  • The opportunities for development. They continually offer opportunities for personal and professional development.
  • 15.4% super. You can join different societies such as Women in IT and Women in ASIC. Culture is very friendly, relaxed and helpful. Flexible working arrangements.
  • From day 1, I have felt supported to grow, learn and challenge myself in my work.
  • Great location. The Sydney office is close to Town Hall station, access to shops/food. Flexible - flex time, work from home, hot desking. Environment - atmosphere is welcoming/friendly, focus on diversity.
  • The breadth of interesting work available, Positive attitude towards graduates from managers and the broader organisation who are keen to involve graduates in the more interesting work, Reasonable working hours
  • Good work-life balance; unique, interesting, high-profile and challenging work that you can't do anywhere else.
  • Limited career progression
  • Sometimes bureaucracy slows the introduction of new work processes allowing us to be behind when compared to private sector
  • Processes and IT systems are slow and outdated.
  • Sometimes there isn't enough expectation on you to produce
  • Progression can be difficult because the promotions process is not simple.

What Insiders Say

7.0
Career Prospects
7.0
Career Prospects
There appear to be decent upward mobility prospects, although not necessarily in the one team - you may have to move to a different team but this occurs frequently.
8.9
Corporate Social Responsibility
8.9
Corporate Social Responsibility
ASIC in the community is a big focus and grads every year have a charity where they fundraise towards a big donation target
8.6
Culture
8.6
Culture
Everyone is always happy to assist with anything no matter how big or small and you are always given opportunities to step up and take on new tasks or roles if you are interested. You will work with very senior people from the beginning and aren't given mundane tasks to start with, its straight into the deep end for an excellent learning experience.
9.4
Diversity
9.4
Diversity
ASIC prides itself on an extremely diverse workforce
8.0
Satisfaction
8.0
Satisfaction
I have a lot of variety in my day-to-day responsibilities. It can vary from policy writing to stakeholder engagement.
8.0
Management
8.0
Management
I've had pretty great and supportive managers in my rotations so far. We scheduled monthly catch ups in order for us to discuss what I was working on, did I have any issues, what I can improve on, what other help and support do I need from my peers etc.
7.3
Office Work Environment
7.3
Office Work Environment
The offices are nice and contain a lot of open space and flexible working areas. However, the organisation's hot desking policy is inconvenient, inefficient and stressful.
7.4
Recruitment
7.4
Recruitment
Graduates undergo a fairly rigorous assessment process in order to be accepted into the graduate program. This included an initial written application, cognitive and psychometric testing, a video interview, and face-to-face assessment centre.
8.0
Salary
8.0
Salary
Very attractive at a graduate level and room to improve quickly
8.0
Training
8.0
Training
There is a variety of face-to-face induction sessions and workshops, which provide useful overviews of the more technical areas of ASIC's work. These include workshops on certain pieces of legislation, types of financial services, and concepts relating to markets.
8.9
Work Hours
8.9
Work Hours
Very flexible. There are opportunities to work from home, negotiate your own working hours within ASIC's 7am to 7pm bandwidth and to gain flex hours if you're a graduate.
7.2
Sustainability
7.2
Sustainability
Environmental sustainability is probably not as advertised as other things as we do still have lots of hardcopy files but we are slowly transitioning to make things more digital.