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Updated May 18, 2023
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- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★Featured Review
Fantastic place to work
Nov 10, 2022 - Associate in London, EnglandRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Fantastic place to work. You have access to best in class resources and the chance to work with some of the brightest people in the world. The pay is also excellent
Cons
The hours were long, but that is to be expected when you're making over 100 grand straight out of university
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great Culture
Mar 19, 2023 - Quantitative Analyst in Chicago, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Stimulating Work Always busy Great location
Cons
Not really anything negative to say, but some favoritism does exist.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
great perks of working there
Cons
rigid environment, not a lot of growth
- Former Employee★★★★★
Culture not so good
May 10, 2023 - Software Engineer in Chicago, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
good compensation, free lunch and dinner
Cons
extremely competitive, and not focus on personal growth
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Excellent place to work, very hard to get hired (% who apply vs. those hired 10x harder than Harvard)
Feb 7, 2023 - Quantitative Researcher in Chicago, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Working along the best and brightest in a fast-paced collegiate environment at the forefront of investment management and technological progress, bridging the gap between laborious human research and artificial intelligence and machine learning. The Portfolio Managers are best in breed, and the market-making side teaches you so much so quickly you are almost guaranteed, as long as you are committed, to become incredibly successful in investment management over the long-run. Every hedge fund will want to hire you should you decide to leave Citadel.
Cons
Hard work and showing up is a necessity, not a choice. Entitlement is not tolerated. If you view these as cons, Citadel is not the place for you.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
benefits is better than the avg
Cons
avg work lofe balance culture
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pays well, Glacial speed of growth
Mar 13, 2023 - IT Support EngineerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Pays well, good benefits and healthcare
Cons
If you work in support prepared to be chastised by angry traders. Archaic WFH policies that required you to go back into the office even if your job could easily be completed 100% remote. Not a whole lot of room to have any time to learn and progress in your career as you are glued to the phones all day.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
challenging projects. commitment to invest in technology.
Cons
can be long hours, strong focus on results.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great people, great work. Exciting challenges.
Cons
None - keep doing what you’re doing!
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Everybody is at the top of their game
Cons
Little patience for positive results
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Citadel has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 644 reviews left anonymously by employees. 66% of employees would recommend working at Citadel to a friend and 78% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.
66% of Citadel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Citadel 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Citadel to be career development, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be management, work life balance, culture.
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