DRW Reviews
Updated Aug 1, 2020
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"Breakfast and lunch in office every day, good amount of capital to trade with" (in 16 reviews)
"Free breakfast & lunch and in house masseuse" (in 9 reviews)
"Very little collaboration with traders" (in 10 reviews)
"If you are very early in your career or if you want to have a very good work/life balance, this is a good company" (in 7 reviews)
"Good company, culture, learning"
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DRW full-time for more than a year
Pros
Good opportunities available to learn from top traders
Cons
Potentially a pro, but work is largely self directed. You gotta figure out yourself how you can best impact the team
- COVID-19Helpful (2)
"Big little company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DRW full-time for more than a year
Pros
Office perks such as company issued phone, laptop and desktop are really nice. In office breakfast, lunch and snacks are awesome. Employees are genuinely really smart and caring. Confidence level in the company to remain in business with little to no layoffs due to outside circumstances (ex: global pandemic) remains high.
Cons
DRW feels like a giant company of small companies. Cross-collaboration is almost zero, which creates a significant segmented company culture. Some teams are wonderful, some are not. DRW is also extremely paranoid about cyber security to almost unimaginable degrees. While a certain level of security is required for this type of business, DRW's answer is always "no" first and "yes" after a really long period of time, causing huge backups waiting for approvals to pass the security team(s).
Continue readingThanks for sharing your experience. COVID-19 has definitely made for an interesting few months at DRW. We’ve been impressed by the flexibility and creativity of our teams in adapting to working remotely as we tried to do our part to keep our people, their families and our communities safe. Thanks to everyone’s hard work, we’ve been able to remain an important participant in markets around the world and, as you said, feel confident in the work we’re doing. Interestingly, with everyone working remotely, we’ve also made progress in increasing cross-team collaboration where it makes sense. We know there’s more we can be doing there, and appreciate your candid feedback.
- Helpful (2)
"Keep Looking"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at DRW full-time for more than a year
Pros
It's a trading company so the pay is of course at the top of the market.
Cons
Management views employees as dollar signs and not as people and is hypercritical of subordinates but unable to take feedback. Work life balance is non-existent and work nights, weekends, and while on PTO is expected. There is not a lot of room for professional growth.
DRW Response
July 10, 2020 – DRW moderator
Work-life balance and professional development are typically among the things our employees routinely praise at DRW, so we’re sorry to hear that wasn’t your experience.
"Overall good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DRW full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Smart employees and good culture
Cons
Eat what you kill. If your product doesn't make money then you don't get paid. Traders do not share in the diversity and advantage of the overall firm trading different products in Equities, Fixed Income, Agriculture, Currency's, etc...
Continue readingDRW Response
March 24, 2020 – DRW moderator
Thank you for sharing your experience at DRW on Glassdoor. We’re excited about some of the new programs we’ve introduced to help incentivize collaboration where it makes sense for the firm and look forward to your ongoing feedback. We value the opinions of tenured employees like yourself and will share your feedback with leadership.
"Great benefits, lousy managers"
I worked at DRW full-time
Pros
Free breakfast & lunch and in house masseuse
Cons
Management was not that great
DRW Response
February 11, 2020 – DRW moderator
Thank you for sharing the experience you had with your manager while at the firm. It’s important to us to create a culture where people can grow, which includes developing strong managers. We will share your feedback with the team in Montreal.
"good company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at DRW full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
High upside if very successful
Cons
Pretty segmented, not a lot of teamwork
DRW Response
February 3, 2020 – DRW moderator
It’s always good to hear from people who were with our firm for a long time. As you know, DRW’s business strategies are very diverse, and some projects benefit from more autonomous work than others. Thank you for sharing your experience on Glassdoor.
- Helpful (1)
"Great office perks"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Positive OutlookI have been working at DRW full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Breakfast and lunch in office every day, good amount of capital to trade with
Cons
Very little collaboration with traders
DRW Response
May 3, 2019 – Global Head of Talent Acquisition
Thank you for sharing your feedback on Glassdoor.
"Great Environment + People"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at DRW full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
The company is full of really incredible people and the environment they created is like none other. They treat employees really well, with tons of perks and opportunities to get really involved in the Montreal community. The work itself is challenging, very interesting and ever evolving. They are truly at the cutting edge of technology in the trading world, and they are afraid to invest in the continual build up of that.
Cons
Typical growing pains of a small company that is getting bigger and becoming part of a global presence. The management seems to be very engaged though and working to keep employees happy throughout this process.
Continue reading"Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsI have been working at DRW full-time for less than a year
Pros
I really enjoy the collaborative environment here. It has an open floor plan, which makes it easy to interact with everyone around you.
Cons
Not really any cons I can think of!
- Helpful (4)
"Trader"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DRW full-time for more than a year
Pros
A rare combination of trading/tech skill, diversification across trading styles, risk appetite, and market leading infrastructure. The company grew fast, and still needs to be optimized internally as a result, but it has all the ingredients to become the best prop shop in the world.
Cons
Discretionary bonus structure within certain trading groups can be a bit opaque for younger traders. There is a push to unify the company but at the moment some desks are siloed and/or compete internally with other desks.
DRW Response
January 29, 2019 – Global Head of Talent Acquisition
Thank you for writing a review on Glassdoor. Continuous diversification of the firm has been a focus for us, and we are glad to see that you have enjoyed that aspect, along with others, of your experience at DRW. We will continually work to make the way our employees collaborate as efficient and helpful for personal growth as possible.
DRW Response
June 29, 2020 – DRW moderator