Reval Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Reval full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – great people, great learning experience

Cons – stagnant career development, low end of pay scale, better place to work in earlier days

Advice to Senior Management – avoid doing too much too soon. its tough to bite more than you can chew

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reval

Pros – Amazing people and a very comfortable atmosphere.

Cons – Lack of a career trajectory.

Advice to Senior Management – Give employees a goal to work towards in terms of career advancement.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Reval full-time for more than a year

Pros – Staff, Product Knowledge, Industry Experience

Cons – Some internal silos need to be broken down

Advice to Senior Management – Don't lose the 'small company' culture that makes Reval a great place to work.

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

Former Employee – worked at Reval full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The management is very knowledgeable, and they have a great culture. There is opportunity to take on challenging projects.

Cons – Because the company is small, there is limited advancement within particular functional groups.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Reval

Pros – Good work/life balance and a flat management structure so no bureaucracy. Pretty good communication within the firm. The organization is growing at a steady rate so more opportunities to develop skills than before.

Pretty fun atmosphere for work, there is break room with a pool table, ping pong table and large flat screen TV.

Cons – Space is getting a little cramped given the growth. It is sometimes hard to get a conference room for meetings.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reval

Pros – They have a laid back management style.

Cons – There is little opportunity for promotion or advancement, management hires you for a job and wants you to stay in that role forever.

Advice to Senior Management – You are doing a good job, but you need to offer more opportunity to people to advance in their careers.

Current Employee – been working at Reval

Pros – Excellent culture, people are very smart, good communication with Sr. Management, Management is open to new ideas, great clinet base with new clients coming in each week.
Work hard play hard attitude

Cons – hours could be long, but worthwile for end result not sure I see many cons. Company is still growing rapidly and things are changing for the positive

Advice to Senior Management – Keep an open mind to new ideas and continue to build the firm's reputation globally. It will be a great ride.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reval

Pros – Good culture and atmosphere in the company

Cons – Not very good technical learning

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reval

Pros – They are growing phenomenally fast. It's a case of the right company at the right place at the right time as auditors keep turning away spreadsheets as a way to formally value derivative instruments.
Expenses paid by large VC.
Flexibility to change work location.
Casual dress code
Starbucks coffee machine
Beer in the fridge

Cons – You will be micromanaged by someone not as intelligent as you.
Management seems to be anyone who started with the company
High turnover
Too many middle managers fighting over resources and ignoring the growth of the company
Too many chiefs and no Indians.
Recognition seems to be random
Promotions also seem to be random
Low Salary compared to other companies in the industry (Wallstreet, Sungard, Citi, etc..)
Once you're in a group you are stuck there unless you work in India.
Expenses paid by large VC

Advice to Senior Management – Decrease the size of middle management.
Track Sales expenses
People stay for pay not experience in NY.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reval

Pros – Fun and relatively easiy going atmosphere
Opportunities available to move within groups
Managers fairly cooperative when giving time off
Some of the senior managers do help out and believe in tranferring knowledge

Cons – The People in general are not very intellligent or highly educated (i,.e. masters)
Too much focus on the Sales guys, focus on rest of the groups is wanting
Pay is not very good
Promotions are completely random. Deserving people are left hanging if they dont know how to play the politics right.

Advice to Senior Management – Start focusing on the other groups within the company
Bring the salaries up to par with the market
Definitely need a better system of recognizing talent