BGC Partners Reviews
Updated May 4, 2021
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Howard W. Lutnick
111 Ratings
Pros
"Nice colleagues, friendly brokers, expert developers" (in 16 reviews)
"Work with smart people, work life balance" (in 14 reviews)
Cons
"There is rarely positive communication with senior management" (in 8 reviews)
"A stressful work environment rife with bullying" (in 8 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Greets people at this company
Cons
No cons for this company
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great colleges, learn a lot
Cons
Less bonus, not very good working condition
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
- Good pay (Wall Street level). - Decent work-life balance. - Good for new graduates.
Cons
- Deep hierarchies that are hard to break through (lots of politics). - Little room for development, innovation, career advancement, learning new technologies. - Communication extremely top-down. - Not good for senior level engineers ("get stuck"). - Lots of people in management positions that do not know their trade enough.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Committed to making money and to their clients
Cons
Systems could be better with more resources
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
I work with a team of brilliant, passionate, hilarious engineers.
Cons
Every person I’ve met at the company who isn’t on my team is miserable.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good appreciation for the work
Cons
Nothing much for cons, as it's a subjective opinion.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
9/11 fundraising is fun, holidays are good if you can arrange
Cons
male dominated and harsh environment
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Energetic environment; good projects all year round
Cons
Viper pit; top brass look after themselves at Christmas, everyone else has to wait until some point the following year to receive their bonus. Disgraceful behaviour.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great experience working on a trading desk. Great way to learn about institutional trading.
Cons
Long hours, macho environment, politics, nothing too crazy.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Fun atmosphere and people that want to do well
Cons
Established people promise you accounts but don't want to give them up to help you get ahead
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