Geneva Trading Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Geneva Trading full-time for less than a year

Pros – Small trainee group. Dedicated support network. Great Culture.

Cons – Pushed us to start trading prematurely in a market that wasn't very good.

Advice to Senior Management – Would have been cheaper for the company and more mutually beneficial to pay the trainees their small salary for a longer period of training before going live.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Geneva Trading full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great people at Geneva Trading. Very well rounded individuals that are smart but also very friendly.

Cons – Some things are played a little too close to the chest. Too much indirection by management

Advice to Senior Management – Identify your edge and focus on it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Geneva Trading

Pros – Great opportunity to start a career in trading
Management is helpful in getting you started
Great work/life balance
Benefits are great

Cons – Goals given by management are confusing and conflicting
Fixed costs are expensive
The knowledge that your job is becoming outdated and irrelevant to the success of the firm

Advice to Senior Management – Outline goals to be more explicit
Update the training and continued learning department to make it actually effective and useful

Current Employee – been working at Geneva Trading

Pros – You are your own boss. No one really bothers you and you can more or less come and go as you please depending on how you're doing.

Cons – It is eat what you kill so you need to be ready to live on the cheap side if you want to trade for this company. They are a better deal than most prop shops though.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up what you are doing but show more concern over the individuals performance and be more hands on with them.

Former Employee – worked at Geneva Trading

Pros – Great environment, great team, great place to work

Cons – Crappy benefits and strange pay issues

Advice to Senior Management – Please make it rain on me

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Geneva Trading full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good trainee trader program where you learn detailed technical analysis.
Average starting salary to help through the learning process
Access to senior trader

Cons – To much emphasis on scalping during the trainee phase. More time spent shadowing senior traders would be more worthwhile. Ruthless when you hit a losing steak.

Advice to Senior Management – Less scalping, more long term trading strategy. Encourage more collaborative approach to trading and strategies among the traders to help foster new ideas and innovation.

Former Employee – worked at Geneva Trading full-time for less than a year

Pros – I really enjoyed the thrill of trading. There really is a flat structure and the atmosphere is really relaxed. You are your own boss. Once you are making money you dont really have to answer to anyone.

Cons – The pay and hours are shocking. Work/life balance.....there is only work, no life. Working hours for me 6:30am to 9:30pm, no lie. Base salary unsustainable.

Everyone is so secretive and there is no collaboration. Help is very difficult to find.

Advice to Senior Management – Help people more.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Geneva Trading

Pros – The ownership is great and are easy to get along with. The people that work at Geneva trading are for the most part good people.

Cons – They do not alway provide you with all the information and suport that you need to make the most out of opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management – I think for the most part they do what they can but it is always best to try and learn from the people around you even if they are below you in job title.

Former Employee – worked at Geneva Trading

Pros – Great work environment. Offer very good opportunities for advancement. Management is very approachable and are willing to work with employees if personal life gets out of hand. Friendly and caring people all around.

Cons – There is certainly a separation between administrative staff and traders. Expanded in certain directions a little too fast. Not enough expansion in areas that could be beneficial for the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Overall, the management does a great job with all of the employees. It doesn't come as a surprise that there is going to be some conflict when the business model that helped it survive and grow in its infancy has to shift to compete in the market now.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend