Investment Technology Reviews

Pros

Good platform to learn and understand execution services.

Cons

Very Niche segment.
Sometimes there is not enough communication between groups.

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

Great group of colleagues, they work hard and have real talents.

Cons

No leadership from senior management, no growth in point of view.
Secretive middle management. Minimum communication in-between department, minimum chance of career training and development

Advice to Senior Management

I think the CEO should step down.

Pros

Benefits
Training and Development opportunities
Work/Life balance

Cons

Management isn't tough enough on holding the line for poor performance, and this drags down the credibility of the firm and has a detrimental impact on the talent that the firm is trying to retain. Loyalty is taken a little too far in some cases, and mediocrity is being rewarded in lieu of rewards for superstars.

Advice to Senior Management

Disseminate the "boys club".

Pros

Prior to the recession, the company was really trying to grow in the electronic trading market. They have a true niche in the market with solid product/service offerings.

Cons

The company leadership has no idea how to keep the company afloat. Some MDs are more concerned with being friends with the people they manage than being mentors. They keep cutting our benefits.

Advice to Senior Management

Value your employees more. Stop cutting the business and expecting it to grow. Stop paying yourselves and cutting pay to your employees.

Pros

Flexible schedule and open atmosphere

Cons

Poor compensation, low bonuses and no appreciation of hard work...

Advice to Senior Management

Stop stuffing your pockets and share the wealth

Pros

Established company that has been around for many years.
Good pay.
Balanced work load -- mostly.

Cons

Knowledge is not shared or made available in a structured manner.
No career planning or growth paths defined.
No structured systems for handling support.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in proper training of new hires and information / knowledge sharing systems and methods

Pros

Work Life Balance. Get Most Benefits. Competitive starting salaries if you graduated from a good school (fresh grads). Friendly low stress environment. Excellent products well recognized and respected in market. Financial Firm, so experience you get is so useful if you want to move to some bigger firm when you feel it is the time. Most interns get hired even in bad economic times. So lucky you if you are an intern and your manager was satisfied with your performance.

Cons

Tough to increase your salary in a bad economy and job security becomes questionable if your performance isn't wow..

Advice to Senior Management

Cutting costs and decreasing head count is not the only answer in difficult times. Losing the good people to competitors has a big price. There should be some good ways to increase revenues and market share in a faster pace even when the economy slows down.

Pros

It's a good place to work with decent salary, benefits, etc. There are many different groups to work within because of their enterprise solutions.

Cons

It's a good place to work with decent salary, benefits, etc. But if you are not in the old boys club, you won't advance

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more feedback to employees on corporate status. And maybe relay down the ranks that good employees should be (at least ) praised for good work

Pros

Professional Working Atmosphere
Exposure to the latest technology
Open working culture
Competent Management
Competent Salary in the Market
Best Location

Cons

Perl is havily used in the company and all the projects
Use of Database is not present
Parking is not available

Advice to Senior Management

Should provide Training to the employees from time to time on the latest technologies
Database should be used in the projects.

Pros

Large company with a small company feel. Company has tremendous growth potential given the recent collapse of some very large competitors. No capital at risk, so little chance of a blow up.

Cons

Some projects take a long time to get implemented or do not meet the client specs when they finally are. Technology good but not leading edge.

Advice to Senior Management

Make it clear to the employees what they are expected to do to grow the business and how they get paid if they succeed.