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Updated Jun 3, 2020
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"You are surrounded by smart people with different expertise and are constantly challenged by different projects" (in 38 reviews)
"Fast-paced company with a huge investment in technology" (in 21 reviews)
"Difficult to manage work/life balance" (in 24 reviews)
"Work long hours with high pressure" (in 17 reviews)
- Featured Review
"highly intelligent people"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Citadel full-time for less than a year
Pros
you will work with amazing people and high impact tasks
Cons
all good things about my current position.
Citadel2020-01-05We're glad that you're able to build your engineering career at Citadel based on our commitment to giving elite colleagues the freedom to innovate. We will continue to champion a culture where we continually earn the trust of colleagues like yourself and our capital partners. Thank you for your thoughtful review. Feel free to send any other feedback to me, Jonathan Blank (jonathan.blank@citadel.com), and I'll make sure it is sent to the appropriate people.
- Helpful (3)
"Good place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Citadel full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Smart and helpful colleagues. Management with vision and determination. Fast-paced environment that allows you to see the impact of work very quickly and being recognized and rewarded for it. Lots of learning opportunities and responsibilities, even at the junior levels. Catered food. Company has been more engaging with both employees and the community over the years through regular town halls and after-hour events. The responses to COVID-19, both in the US and abroad, have been swift and supportive. Lots of testing, planning and provision of resources made WFH much easier and more productive.
Cons
A few things that are more of a culture issue in the finance industry that can turn software engineers off: somewhat long hours, a bit hard to raise a family (company policy has improved but still lagging behind some competitors), opaque and unbalanced compensation scheme.
Continue readingCitadel2020-04-19 "tough but fair"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Citadel full-time
Pros
Pay is very good relative to rest of Chicago.
Cons
Expectations are high and internal clients are very demanding.
Citadel2020-06-03"Financial Analyst"
I have been working at Citadel full-time
Pros
I liked that job most of the time
Cons
It was pretty stressful sometimes
Citadel2020-05-16- Helpful (3)
"Difficult mgmt culture"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendI worked at Citadel full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Free lunch, very smart people, peers are typically great to work with
Cons
The pressure from up top is intense to say politely. You will never get a thank you for doing stellar work.
Citadel2020-05-20 "Competitive culture, fast paced, well managed"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Citadel full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
well managed, free food and good benefits
Cons
time demanding and sometimes highly stressful
Continue readingCitadel2020-05-07- Helpful (5)
"Soul crushing"
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Citadel full-time for more than a year
Pros
Good technology. Some great investors.
Cons
Awful culture. Little diversity. Very high turnover.
Continue readingCitadel2020-05-26 - Helpful (6)
"It is hard for women employees to give birth to children"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Citadel full-time
Pros
good pay and that is all.
Cons
(1) people work under high pressure and work 10-15 hours a day, no young women can stay here long because they have family plans. (2) they can fire you one day before they give you bonus which is half of the income. (3) sometimes manager uses curse words for other people
Continue readingCitadel2020-05-22Citadel Response
May 26, 2020 – Life at Citadel
We take all feedback on building careers at Citadel seriously. We’ll make sure your feedback is used to continuously strengthen our culture and career opportunities.
- Helpful (2)
"Fast paced and pretty cutthroat"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Citadel full-time
Pros
Pay is well above average
Cons
Tech isn't as advanced as advertised. Top down management style. Work life balance blows. Management doesn't care about this at all.
Citadel2020-04-15 "Good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Citadel full-time for more than a year
Pros
work life balance, and good pay
Cons
the location of office isn't the best for me
Continue readingCitadel2020-03-01
Citadel Response
January 6, 2020 – Life at Citadel