CAE (Capital Asset Exchange & Trading) Reviews

I have been working at CAE (Capital Asset Exchange & Trading) full-time for more than a year

Pros – - Earning potential is high
- Everyday brings new challenges which allows me to strive to be better. Having creative solution to face each challenge.
- Great opportunity to shape an industry
- In a complex that has a gym, which helps when you need to have that break.
- Work environment is improving

Cons – - Many changes in the past, which has cause some disruption in the way CAE was run. There is less now.
- This job can be the most rewarding as well as the most frustrating job you will every experience.
- Benefits can be confusing

Advice to Senior Management – CAE has great people that are focus on the long run. I want to see that we stay focus on the plan on this company and people are pushed in the right way.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at CAE (Capital Asset Exchange & Trading) full-time

Pros – Very high compensation if you do well.
Coworkers are intelligent and motivated.
Business model is perfect for this industry.
Company is the most financially sound in the industry.
Atmosphere is improving in almost every way including work-life balance, intra-office cooperation, and employee turnover.

Cons – Very high pressure environment.
Starting out is difficult. Only the cream of the crop survive in trading.
You won't know if you are good enough until you give it a shot. There are very few analogous jobs.
Benefits could be improved.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep improving the culture. Review the benefits.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at CAE (Capital Asset Exchange & Trading) full-time for more than a year

Pros – Fantastic coworkers - employees at CAE (traders/support staff) are extremely bright and motivated to make something of their careers.

The job itself can be very rewarding if you can navigate the market. You’ll get exposure to international business and high value transactions.

Gym on site is nice if you like to stay active. Hours are pretty standard, and actually less than my last job in the financial sector.

Cons – Not everyone makes it CAE. People who do can become a bit arrogant in their perceived value to the company. The company rewards high performers, and can do better in training newer traders to scale.

High, high expectations. They want the best, and even then that isn’t always enough.

Different from other inside sales positions, so transferring skills from another job isn’t always applicable.

Advice to Senior Management – Train your new people better so that the company can grow. Build up some new leaders from within the company to shake up the management guard.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at CAE (Capital Asset Exchange & Trading) full-time for more than a year

Pros – -Complete autonomy; if you thrive in a situation where you get very little direction, this is the place for you. If you need to be told how to do your job, don't come here.

-Management is very direct and they have a vision for where the company should go. This direct approach can also be considered a con by people who are uncomfortable with honest feedback.

-If you like a demanding environment that has a HUGE monetary upside for performers, welcome home. The amount of money you can make here is shocking. I was making more money that my small group of friends combined after working here for a year. You will need to earn it though. I think a lot of the people who have failed here (read the 1 and 2 star reviews below), came into the job thinking they were going to get rich by being average performers and doing the bare-minimum. This is not the case. If you are an average performer in the workplace, you will be better suited at another company.

-Very nice office and gym facilities.

-Hours are nowhere near as bad as I've heard they were in the past.

Cons – -Management changes company policies often. It never bothered me much since 95% of the changes made the company better but there are always people who will complain regardless of the outcome.

-Bonuses can sometimes take a few months to get paid out. Initially this can be disheartening but once you're 4-6 months into the job, you'll be receiving bonuses every month.

-Although not bad, the medical benefits can be a little tricky to figure out initially.

-The job can be extremely stressful and nerve-racking at times. If you are an emotional person or cannot handle stress well, you will be miserable.

Advice to Senior Management – -Communicate changes before they are made.
-Take into account employee feedback before making adjustments.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at CAE (Capital Asset Exchange & Trading) full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great business model in a unique industry. Freedom to build up your own pipeline and run the entire sales cycle. Company offers decent benefits and opportunity for individual success. New faces in the executive team seem to be steadying the company’s direction.

Cons – This isn’t a typical sales job. If you think this is going to be Wall Street trading, look elsewhere. A financial background may help you to understand the market opportunity, but it’s not going to make you a great trader. This job takes an enormous amount of dedication, persistence, and can be extremely frustrating at times. Quota targets and performance expectations are set extremely high.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep steadying the ship. There are a lot of great people in the company and investing in them would do wonderful things for CAE’s future.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at CAE (Capital Asset Exchange & Trading) full-time for less than a year

Pros – - Learn negotiating, communication and gain confidence
- Semi conductor market has pricing variations one will not find in any other market
- Earnings potential
- Work along side kids from great school
- Gym and benefits
- Great starting point to make a quick dollar

Cons – - You're a telemarketer, not a trader
- You will not gain tangible skills or learn their platforms (Excel, SQL, SAP, Oracle)
- See above: "credits earned will unlikely transfer" , you won't be able to gain any other meaningful jobs out of here. ie.) one who makes 250k a year here will be pressed to find another company wiling to pay that individual 45k - given only their CAE skills
- 14 hour work days
- Success subject to macro economic cycles of general market (in first 4 months)
- The CEO is a private equity guy who is trying to pump and dump the company
- Recently they hire anyone

Advice to Senior Management – Keep doing what you are doing, You're making great money and you keep/reward your best employees.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at CAE (Capital Asset Exchange & Trading)

Pros – -Extremely high earnings potential
-Good base salary for when you are still ramping up
-Good training program
-Enriching and challenging work
-Improving culture and hours, many benefits, gym, cafeteria

Cons – -High stress at times
-Business comes and goes in waves
-Can face high pressure from Management
-Sometimes Seniors are given preferential treatment although this is improving
-If you do not perform for a few months you are cut without notice

Advice to Senior Management – Keep improving the culture, things are headed in the right direction but there is still lots of work to do. Less impulsive decisions and stick with your word. Keep the competitions and other aspects of trading exciting!